4.3 Binary strings

A binary string is a sequence of octets that does not have either a character set or collation associated with it. A binary string data type is described by a binary string data type descriptor. A binary string data type descriptor contains:
 - The name of the data type (BINARY LARGE OBJECT ).
 - The maximum length of the binary string data type (in octets).

A binary string is assignable only to sites of data type BINARY LARGE OBJECT . If a store assignment would result in the loss of non-zero octets due to truncation, then an exception condition is raised. If a retrieval assignment would result in the loss of octets due to truncation, then a warning condition is raised.