APT_STRING_PADCHAR

Set the APT_STRING_PADCHAR environment variable to override the pad character of 0x0 (ASCII null), used by default when InfoSphere® DataStage® extends, or pads, a string field to a fixed length.

Strings that contain only pad characters are treated as empty strings with the following conditions:
  • The input string is fixed length.
  • The output string is variable length.