PAD NUL-TERMINATED field (PADNTSTR DECP value)

The PADNTSTR subsystem parameter determines whether output host variables that are nul-terminated strings are to be padded with blanks and a nul-terminator.

Acceptable values: NO, YES
Default: NO
Update: not recommended
dsnhdecp: PADNTSTR
NO
Nul-terminated output host variables have the nul-terminator placed at the end of actual data that is returned in the host variable.
YES
Nul-terminated output host variables have the nul-terminator placed at the end of the string, after the string has been padded with blanks from the end of the actual data to the length of the output host variable.