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Extending Informix®
Beyond standard relational database objects, HCL Informix® can be extended to handle specialized data types, access methods, routines, and other objects. Informix includes many built-in extensions that are fully integrated in the database server. Informix also provides DataBlade® modules, which are packages of extended database objects for a particular purpose and that are installed separately from the database server. Alternatively, you can create your own user-defined objects for Informix.
Informix® extensions and DataBlade® modules
These topics describe how to use built-in database extensions and separately installed DataBlade® modules.
Web DataBlade Module
Use the Web DataBlade® module to create web applications that incorporate data that is retrieved dynamically from the HCL Informix® database.

HCL Informix® V14.10 documentation
Welcome to the documentation for HCL Informix® 14.10 and related client tools and products. The current fix pack level of Informix is 14.10.xC11.
Product overview
HCL Informix® is a fast and scalable database server that manages traditional relational, object-relational, and dimensional databases. Its small footprint and self-managing capabilities are suited to embedded data-management solutions.
Installing
These topics describe how to install HCL Informix® database servers, client products, and DataBlade® modules.
Administering
In addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
Migrating and upgrading
You can upgrade to the 14.10 release of HCL Informix® or migrate from other database servers to Informix. Upgrading is an in-place migration method that uses your existing hardware and operating system software. Some changes to the Informix database server can affect upgrading from a previous release.
Client APIs and tools
You can use the HCL Informix® implementation of client APIs to develop applications for Informix database servers.
Embedding Informix®
When you embed HCL Informix®, you can use enterprise-class high-availability and high performance with embeddability features such as easy programmability, a small disk and memory footprint, and silent deployment.
Extending Informix®
Beyond standard relational database objects, HCL Informix® can be extended to handle specialized data types, access methods, routines, and other objects. Informix includes many built-in extensions that are fully integrated in the database server. Informix also provides DataBlade® modules, which are packages of extended database objects for a particular purpose and that are installed separately from the database server. Alternatively, you can create your own user-defined objects for Informix.
- Informix® extensions and DataBlade® modules
  These topics describe how to use built-in database extensions and separately installed DataBlade® modules.
  - Database Extensions User's Guide
    The Informix® Database Extensions User's Guide explains how to use the database extensions that come with HCL Informix: Large Object Locator, MQ messaging, binary data types, basic text search, node data type, and SQL packages.
  - Performing XML Publishing
    The Informix® XML User's Guide includes information about using built-in functions for XML publishing with Informix.
  - Excalibur Text Search DataBlade® Module installation
    Use the Module to search your textual data in ways that are faster and more sophisticated than the keyword matching that SQL provides. Excalibur text search capabilities include phrase matching, exact and fuzzy searches, compensation for misspelling, and synonym matching.
  - Spatiotemporal Search for Moving Objects User's Guide
    The describes how to program applications to search data from moving objects in HCL Informix® databases using the spatiotemporal search extension.
  - TimeSeries Data User's Guide
    The Informix® TimeSeries Data User's Guide contains information to assist you in using the TimeSeries extension with HCL Informix.
  - Web DataBlade Module
    Use the Web DataBlade® module to create web applications that incorporate data that is retrieved dynamically from the HCL Informix® database.
- Creating extensions
  You can create user-defined data types, routines, access methods, and other database objects to suit your needs. You can use application programming interfaces to write user-defined routines and applications that access data in Informix® databases.
Data warehousing
In addition to designing and implementing Informix® dimensional databases, you can use tools to create data warehouse applications and optimize your data warehouse queries.
Designing databases
The first step in creating a relational database is to construct a data model, which is a precise, complete definition of the data you want to store. After you prepare your data model, you must implement it as a database and tables. To implement your data model, you first select a data type for each column and then you create a database and tables and populate the tables with data. You can also implement fragmentation strategies and control access to your data.
JSON compatibility
You can use the popular JSON-oriented query language created by MongoDB to interact with data stored in HCL Informix®.
Security
You can secure your Informix® database server and the data that is stored in your Informix databases. You can encrypt data, secure connections, control user privileges and access, and audit data security.
SQL programming
You can use the HCL Informix® implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for Informix database servers.
Troubleshooting HCL Informix®
Several troubleshooting techniques, tools, and resources are available for resolving problems that you encounter in your HCL Informix® database server environment.
Informix PDF guides

Informix Web DataBlade Module

Use the Web DataBlade® module to create web applications that incorporate data that is retrieved dynamically from the HCL Informix® database.

Using the Web DataBlade® module, you need not develop a CGI application to dynamically access database data. Instead, you create HTML pages that include Web DataBlade® module tags and functions that dynamically run the SQL statements you specify and format the results. These pages are called Application Pages (AppPages). The types of data you retrieve can include traditional data types and HTML, image, audio, and video data.

For more information, see the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module Administrator's Guide and the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module Application Developer's Guide in PDF at HCL Informix® DataBlade® Modules: Publication library in PDF.

Installing the Web DataBlade® module

To install and use the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module in your database:

Log in as the informix user.
Go to the directory where the installation file is located and run one of the following installation commands:
Default console mode
```
web.4.13.xCn.platform.bin 
```
GUI mode
```
web.4.13.xCn.platform.bin -i gui 
```
Silent mode
```
web.4.13.xCn.platform.bin -i silent 
```
Where x indicates the bit size, n indicates the fix pack level, and platform is the UNIX™ or Linux™ platform, for example AIX®.
Confirm the location of the installation when prompted; the default location is the directory that is specified by the INFORMIXDIR environment variable. To install in another Informix® instance, specify the top-level directory of that installation.
Complete the panels or prompts in the installation application.
After installation, read important online notes and product documentation, which are in the $INFORMIXDIR/extend/web.4.13.xCn/doc directory.
Make the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module available to a database by registering it in that database. For instructions, see the DataBlade® module Installation and Registration Guide.

Uninstalling the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module

To uninstall the Informix® Web DataBlade® Module:

Log in as the informix user.
Go to the following directory:
```
$INFORMIXDIR/Uninstall_web.4.13.xCn
```
Where x indicates the bit size and n indicates the fix pack level.
Run the following command:
```
Uninstall_web.4.13.xCn
```