Specifies the name of the storage area to be used for table columns defined through SQL with the LIST OF BYTE VARYING data type. You can specify the LIST STORAGE AREA parameter for multifile databases only. By default, columns with the LIST OF BYTE VARYING data type are stored in the RDB$SYSTEM storage area. If you specify a different storage area in this clause, the CREATE DATABASE statement must include a CREATE STORAGE AREA clause defining that area. For information about creating multiple list storage areas for a table, see the CREATE STORAGE_AREA clause. NOTE If you plan to store lists with segments of widely varying sizes, you should specify a MIXED page format area just for list storage. (Do not assign tables and indexes to the area.) The database system looks for free space in an area when it stores each segment of a segmented string. If size varies significantly among the different segments of the lists that you plan to store, the interval and threshold values that the database system automatically sets for page format areas you specify as UNIFORM can make storing lists time- consuming. For a mixed page format area, you can customize interval and thresholds values to reduce the amount of time that the database system spends looking for free space when it stores different segments of the same segmented string. The following example shows valid syntax for the LIST STORAGE AREA clause: SQL> CREATE DATABASE FILENAME test cont> LIST STORAGE AREA IS registry_area cont> CREATE STORAGE AREA RDB$SYSTEM FILENAME maintenance_area cont> CREATE STORAGE AREA registry_area FILENAME registry_area; SQL> CREATE STORAGE MAP registry_map cont> STORE LISTS IN registry_area;