Adabas

Although it is not a programming language, Adabas has a file definition, created by the Adabas database administrator, that is used to generate a map.

Table 1. Data definitions for Adabas

The Fixed point row spans three cells. The Floating point row spans two cells. The packed deciman row spans three cells.

Data definition	SQL type	Host format
A - Alphanumeric	SQL_Char	Character
B - Binary	SQL_Binary	Binary
F - Fixed point	Length 2 SQL_Smallint	Smallint
	Length 4 SQL_Integer	Integer
	Length 8 SQL_BigInt	BigInt
G - Floating point	Length 4 SQL_Float	Float
	Length 8 SQL_Double	Float
P - Packed decimal	SQL_Decimal	Packed Decimal
	Length 4 SQL_Date	Date
	Length 7 SQL_Timestamp	Timestamp
U - Unpacked decimal	SQL_Char	Unpacked decimal
W – Wide Alphanumeric	Not supported	Not supported