SYSIBMTS.SYSTEXTCOLUMNS administration table

The SYSIBMTS.SYSTEXTCOLUMNS administration table provides information about the text column for a text search index, such as the index ID for the text search index, the name of the text column, and the schema name of the base table.

The following table shows the contents of the SYSIBMTS.SYSTEXTCOLUMNS administration table. The primary key for this table is the INDEXID column in conjunction with the COLUMNNAME column. The foreign key is the INDEXID column.

Table 1. Contents of the SYSIBMTS.SYSTEXTCOLUMNS administration table
Column name Data type Nullable? Description
INDEXID INTEGER No Uniquely generated index ID for the text search index.
COLUMNNAME VARCHAR(128) No Unqualified name of the text column.
TABLESCHEMA VARCHAR(128) No Schema name of the base table.
TABLENAME VARCHAR(128) No Unqualified name of the base table.
LANGUAGE VARCHAR(5) No The language that the text search server uses for the linguistic processing of text documents. The default value is en_US (English).
FUNCTIONSCHEMA VARCHAR(128) Yes The schema of a user-defined function that is to be used by the text search feature for Db2 for z/OS® to access text documents that are in a column that is not of a supported data type, or that are stored elsewhere.
FUNCTIONNAME VARCHAR(18) Yes The name of a user-defined function that is to be used by the text search feature for Db2 for z/OS to access text documents that are in a column that is not of a supported data type, or that are stored elsewhere.
CCSID INTEGER No The coded character set identifier that is used for a text search index on a column with a binary data type.
FORMAT VARCHAR(30) No The format of text documents in the column. The supported format values are TEXT, HTML, XML, and INSO.