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SQLALN and SQLNALN

SQLALN and SQLNALN are flags that indicate whether data (SQLALN) and the null indicator (SQLNALN) are aligned:

• 0—Not aligned.
• 1—Aligned based on natural alignment rules for the platform. For example, on both the System/370 and VMS environments, the natural alignment for the INTEGER data type is on a four-byte boundary.

On a DESCRIBE statement, the SQLALN and SQLNALN fields are set to 0.