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ABL Data Types Addenda
Using large objects in ABL : Dumping and loading large objects : Dumping all data except large objects
 

Dumping all data except large objects

You can specify to dump all data, except for large objects with the NO-LOBS option on the EXPORT statement. Here is an example:
FOR EACH customer:
EXPORT customer NO-LOBS.
END.
Here is the output showing that the BLOB data was excluded from the data dump and is instead represented by the Unknown value (?):
"lift line skiing", 1, ? , 617-9666673, "boston"
"off the wall", 2, ? , 781-5555554, "new york"
"flying fat", 3, ? , 303-9992222, "washington"
When exporting LONGCHAR values:
*Only one LONGCHAR variable can be exported per command
*Code page information is placed at the beginning of the file