SQL Reference

>>-GRAPHIC--(--graphic-expression----+--------------+--)-------><
                                     '-,--integer---'

The schema is SYSIBM.

The GRAPHIC function returns a GRAPHIC representation of a graphic string type.

graphic-expression: An expression that returns a value that is a graphic string.
integer: An integer value specifying the length attribute of the resulting GRAPHIC data type. The value must be between 1 and 127. If integer is not specified, the length of the result is the same as the length of the first argument.

The result of the function is a GRAPHIC. If the argument can be null, the result can be null; if the argument is null, the result is the null value.

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