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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®.
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 Informix® databases.
DataBlade® API Programmer's GuideThe Informix® DataBlade® API Programmer's Guide describes information about the DataBlade® API, the C-language application programming interface (API) provided with HCL Informix®.
Data manipulation
Smart large objects
The smart-large-object interfaceThe smart-large-object interface contains a set of functions and data types to provide access to smart large objects.
Smart-large-object functions

Smart-large-object functions

The smart-large-object interface includes functions that provide the following operations on a smart large object:

Creating a smart large object
Performing input and output (I/O) on smart-large-object data
Manipulating LO handles
Accessing storage characteristics
Obtaining status information
Moving smart large objects to and from operating-system files

Most of the smart-large-object function names begin with the string mi_lo_. The Informix® DataBlade® API Function Reference contains an alphabetical list of all DataBlade API functions, including the smart-large-object functions.

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