[ DE ]

IL042, "The maximum lengths for character string types and binary string types."

CREATE TABLE ... (
 s VARCHAR(999999999999)
)

The maximum maximum length a system accepts for the variable-length character strings is implementation-defined.

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Normative References

The implementation-defined element IL042, "The maximum lengths for character string types and binary string types.", is specified in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023.

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