For the Loader:
All numeric external data types (INTEGER, REAL, DECIMAL, ZONED) are interpreted as binary values. These can be converted to any of the internal database data types (FIXED, SMALLINT, INTEGER, FLOAT).
· The Loader always interprets data of the data type INTEGER as signed values. You can adjust its display in a data stream with int_spec (Specified in commands to load and unload as a processing specification for the data stream as the syntax rule stream_format_spec).
· Data of the data type REAL is coded in a host-specific format and cannot be transported between different operating systems and computer platforms without being converted again.
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