Assignments involving mixed data strings

A mixed data string that contains MBCS characters cannot be assigned to an SBCS column, SBCS parameter, or SBCS variable.

The following rules apply when a mixed data string is assigned to a variable and the string is longer than the length attribute of the variable:

• If the string is not well-formed mixed data, it is truncated as if it were BIT or graphic data.
• If the string is well-formed mixed data, it is truncated on the right such that it is well-formed mixed data with a length that is the same as the length attribute of the variable and the number of characters lost is minimal.