DataBlade® API Programmer's Guide
The Informix® DataBlade® API Programmer's Guide describes information about the DataBlade® API, the C-language application programming interface (API) provided with HCL Informix®.
You can use the DataBlade® API to develop client LIBMI applications and C user-defined routines (UDRs) that access data in the HCL Informix® database.
These topics explain how to use the DataBlade® API functions. The companion publication, the Informix® DataBlade® API Function Reference, describes the functions in alphabetical order.
These topics are written for the following users:
- Database-application programmers
- DataBlade® developers
- Developers of C UDRs
To understand these topics, you need to have the following background:
- A working knowledge of your computer, your operating system, and the utilities that your operating system provides
- Some experience working with relational databases or exposure to database concepts
- Some experience with computer programming in the C programming language
- Some experience with database design and the optimization of database queries
These topics use the following conventions to specify DataBlade®
API function
syntax:
- Brackets ( [ ] ) surround optional items.
- Braces( { } ) surround items that can be repeated.
- A vertical line ( | ) separates alternatives.
- Function parameters are italicized; arguments that you must specify as shown are not italicized.
For information about software compatibility, see the HCL Informix® release notes.