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.

Tutorial

DataBlade® Developers Kit Tutorial Provides a set of exercises that demonstrate how to create extensions to HCL Informix and package them as DataBlade modules by using the .

Note: Support for DataBlade Developers Kit (DBDK) is removed starting Informix Server 14.10.xC6.

External resources

Take a beginner's tour of the Informix virtual table interface with shared libraries () This tutorial shows how to create an access method that implements VTI purpose functions and how to create additional user-defined routines (UDRs) as necessary to access an external data source.
Cut out the middle-man: Use Informix Dynamic Server with J/Foundation to host a Java™ application service () This article describes how to create a Java UDR that can host a Java application service, such as an HTTP server, directly from within the data server.

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