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