Processing considerations for 32-bit and 64-bit data types
- Last Updated: June 24, 2026
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Starting with OpenEdge Release 10.1B, DataServer for
MS SQL Server supports an existing or new 32-bit INTEGER data type
defined in ABL. However, the internal bit size for an INTEGER data
type and ROWID will automatically expand from a
32-bit field size to a 64-bit field size to accommodate larger values.
In most situations, this expansion also supports the option to convert
a database column from a 32-bit INTEGER to a 64-bit INT64 without
performing a dump and load. For more details about ROWIDs,
see ROWID function. Also, refer to the following sources for additional language
details about INT64 and ROWID:
- ABL Data Types Addenda
- Data types in the ABL Reference