UCHAR data

UCHAR data can contain any UTF-8 string. Each UCHAR occupies 1 to 4 bytes of storage.

The following restrictions apply to UCHAR:

• DEFINED is not supported with UCHAR.
• In assignments involving UCHAR, the source and target must not overlap.
• TRANSLATE(x, y) is not allowed if x is UCHAR. A third argument must be specified in this case.
• UCHAR is not supported in these built-in functions:
  • CENTERLEFT and CENTERRIGHT
  • COLLAPSE and SQUEEZE
  • LEFT and RIGHT
  • REPLACEBY2
  • REGEX
  • SCRUBOUT