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Extending HCL OneDB™Beyond standard relational database objects, HCL OneDB™ can be extended to handle specialized data types, access methods, routines, and other objects. HCL OneDB™ includes many built-in extensions that are fully integrated in the database server. HCL OneDB™ 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 HCL OneDB™.
Creating extensionsYou 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 HCL OneDB™ databases.
DataBlade® API Function ReferenceThe HCL OneDB™ DataBlade® API Function Reference describes the DataBlade® API functions and the subset of functions that the DataBlade® API supports.
Function descriptionsThis section gives comprehensive reference information about the functions that are valid within DataBlade® API modules. It lists the function descriptions in alphabetical order, with syntax, usage information, and return values for the functions.
The mi_string_to_money() functionThe mi_string_to_money() function converts a text (string) representation of a monetary value to its binary (internal) MONEY representation.

The mi_string_to_money() function

The mi_string_to_money() function converts a text (string) representation of a monetary value to its binary (internal) MONEY representation.

Syntax

mi_money *mi_string_to_money(money_string)
   mi_string *money_string;

money_string: A pointer to the monetary string to convert to its internal MONEY format.


Valid in client LIBMI application?	Valid in user-defined routine?
Yes	Yes

Usage

The mi_string_to_money() function converts the monetary string that money_string references to its internal MONEY value. An internal MONEY value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a MONEY column of the database. This format represents a fixed-point decimal number.

Important: The mi_string_to_money() function replaces the mi_money_to_binary() function for string-to-internal-MONEY conversion in DataBlade® API modules.

The mi_string_to_money() function accepts the monetary string in the monetary format of the current processing locale. For more information, see the HCL OneDB™ GLS User's Guide.

For more information about how to convert monetary strings to internal MONEY format, see the HCL OneDB DataBlade API Programmer's Guide.

Return values

An mi_money pointer: A pointer to the internal MONEY representation that mi_string_to_money() has created.
NULL: The function was not successful.

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