SET BLOB SIZE

version 6.0

SET BLOB SIZE (blob; size{; filler})

SET BLOB SIZE resizes the BLOB blob according to the value passed in size.

If you want to allocate new bytes to a BLOB and want to have those bytes initialized to a specific value, pass the value (0..255) into the filler optional parameter.

1. When you are through with a large process or interprocess BLOB, it is good idea to free the memory it occupies. To do so, write:

   SET BLOB SIZE(aProcessBLOB;0)
   SET BLOB SIZE(<>anInterprocessBLOB;0)

2. The following example creates a BLOB of 16K filled of 0xFF:

   C_BLOB(vxData)
   SET BLOB SIZE(vxData;16*1024;0xFF)

BLOB size.

If you cannot resize a BLOB due to insufficient memory, the error -108 is generated. You can trap this error using an ON ERR CALL interruption method.