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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.
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.
What's new in Spatiotemporal searching for Informix®, Version 14.10
This publication includes information about new features and changes in existing functions.

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.
  - 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.
    - What's new in Spatiotemporal searching for Informix®, Version 14.10
      This publication includes information about new features and changes in existing functions.
    - Getting started with spatiotemporal search for moving objects
      You use spatiotemporal searches to track moving objects. You create a spatiotemporal search index on the time-stamped GPS data that is stored in a historian database as time series.
    - Spatiotemporal search tables
      The spatiotemporal search tables contain spatiotemporal data and information about spatiotemporal search indexes.
    - Spatiotemporal search routines
  - 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.

What's new in Spatiotemporal searching for Informix®, Version 14.10

This publication includes information about new features and changes in existing functions.

Table 1. What's New in for 14.10.xC1
Overview	Reference
Support for geodetic spatial referencing systems and projected referencing systems other than WGS 84	Spatiotemporal indexing parameters
Count the number of time a moving object has passed a location	Spatiotemporal search routines