Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Technical Information

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Databases and Connections
• 2.3 Datatypes
• 2.3.1 Restrictions on the Use of Datatypes
• 2.4 Expressions
• 2.4.1 Global Functions
• 2.4.2 Set Intersection and Difference
• 2.4.3 Matches
• 2.5 Cursors
• 2.6 Caching
• 2.6.1 Inserter Caching
• 2.6.2 Reader Caching
• 2.7 BulkReader and BulkInserter
• 2.7.1 Support
• 2.7.2 Dates
• 2.7.3 Binary Data
• 2.8 Stored Procedures
• 2.8.1 Creating a Stored Procedure
• 2.8.2 Executing Stored Procedures
• 2.8.3 Instantiating an RWDBStoredProcedure Using Schema Data
• 2.9 Transactions
• 2.10 Transaction Processing
• 2.10.1 Setting Isolation Levels
• 2.10.2 Using Transaction Control Methods
• 2.11 Internationalization
• 2.12 Error Messages
• 2.12.1 Errors and Informix ODBC Driver Conformance
• 2.12.2 Errors and RWDBStatus
• 2.13 Result Sets
• 2.14 Input Binding of Data
• 2.15 Contents of RWDBSystemHandle
• 2.16 Contents of RWDBEnvironmentHandle
• 2.16.1 Access Mode
• 2.16.2 Trace Option
• 2.16.3 Trace File Name
• 2.16.4 Current Qualifier
• 2.16.5 Max Blob Size
• 2.16.6 Max String Size
• 2.16.7 Foreign Keys from Views
• 2.16.8 Using RWDBInformixEnvironmentHandle
• 2.17 Open SQL and Informix
• 2.17.1 Placeholder Syntax
• 2.17.2 Supported Datatypes for Input Binding
• 2.17.3 Stored Procedures and Open SQL

Topic Index