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