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IBM Informix Developer's Handbook Front cover IBM Informix Developer’s Handbook Learn application development with supported APIs, drivers, and interfaces Understand Informix supported programming environments Follow practical examples to develop an Informix application Whei-Jen Chen Krishna Doddi Manoj Ghogale David Jay Javier Sagrera ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM Informix Developer’s Handbook October 2010 SG24-7884-00 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page ix. First Edition (October 2010) This edition applies to IBM Informix Version 11.5. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2010. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . ix Trademarks . x Preface . xi The team who wrote this book . xi Acknowledgements . xiii Now you can become a published author, too! . xiii Comments welcome. xiv Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xiv Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Informix . 1 1.1 Server options . 2 1.1.1 Informix servers. 2 1.2 Informix tools for developers . 9 1.2.1 Informix Connect . 9 1.2.2 Informix Client Software Development Kit. 9 1.2.3 4GL . 15 1.2.4 Ruby on Rails . 15 1.2.5 Informix DataBlade Developers Kit . 15 1.2.6 Informix Spatial DataBlade . 16 1.2.7 PHP on Informix . 17 1.3 Informix overview . 17 1.3.1 Architecture overview . 18 1.3.2 Informix developer environment . 21 1.3.3 Informix capabilities. 22 Chapter 2. Setting up an Informix development environment . 25 2.1 Server setup . 26 2.1.1 Planning for the installation . 26 2.1.2 Installing Informix Server. 26 2.1.3 Configuring Informix Server . 27 2.2 Client setup . 34 2.2.1 Informix Client options. 34 2.2.2 Installing and setting up Client SDK . 36 2.2.3 Setting up IBM Data Server drivers. 43 2.2.4 Setting up Informix JDBC . 53 Chapter 3. Working with the ODBC driver . 57 3.1 ODBC and Informix . 58 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved. iii 3.2 Setup and configuration . 58 3.2.1 IBM Informix ODBC Driver . 58 3.2.2 IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI. 70 3.2.3 Verifying connectivity . 74 3.3 Developing an ODBC application . 75 3.3.1 Connecting to the database . 75 3.3.2 Type mapping . 79 3.3.3 Performing database operations . 82 3.3.4 Handling special data types . 95 3.3.5 Error handling . 112 3.3.6 Troubleshooting . 117 Chapter 4. Working with ESQL/C . 125 4.1 Informix ESQL/C . 126 4.2 Setup and configuration . 127 4.3 Windows system configuration . 127 4.4 Developing an ESQL/C application . 128 4.4.1 Creating an ESQL/C application . 128 4.4.2 Performing database operations . 133 4.4.3 Data types mapping . 141 4.4.4 Handling special data types . 142 4.4.5 Exception handling . 148 4.4.6 Troubleshooting . 150 Chapter 5. Working with the JDBC drivers . 153 5.1 JDBC drivers for an Informix database . 154 5.1.1 IBM Informix JDBC Driver . 154 5.1.2 IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ . 156 5.2 Setup and configuration . 157 5.2.1 Configuration. 157 5.2.2 Verify connectivity with Informix JDBC Driver . 158 5.2.3 Verify connectivity with the Data Server Driver . 160 5.3 JDBC type mapping . 161 5.4 Performing database operations . 163 5.4.1 Connection to the database . 163 5.4.2 Manipulating data . 168 5.5 Informix additional features . 174 5.5.1 Batch inserts or updates and using ResultSet metadata . 175 5.5.2 BIGSERIAL data type . 177 5.5.3 Informix smart large objects . 178 5.5.4 Secure Socket Layer. 182 5.6 Typical errors. 185 5.6.1 Class not found errors. 186 iv IBM Informix Developer’s Handbook 5.6.2 Connectivity errors . 186 5.6.3 Syntax errors. 187 5.7 Tracing . 187 5.7.1 IBM Informix JDBC Driver . 187 5.7.2 IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC . 188 Chapter 6. IBM Informix with Hibernate . 189 6.1 Hibernate for Java . 190 6.1.1 Overview of Hibernate. 190 6.1.2 Hibernate concepts . 191 6.2 Setup and configuration . 192 6.2.1 Installation . 192 6.2.2 Configuration. ..
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