Initialize the DataBlade API
Before you can use the DataBlade® API to communicate with the database server, you must make sure that it is initialized.
When you establish a connection, the DataBlade
API function
automatically initializes the DataBlade
API. However,
if your DataBlade
API module
does not establish a connection, it must still ensure that it initializes
the DataBlade
API.
Important: If the DataBlade
API was
not initialized, calls to subsequent DataBlade
API functions
generate errors.
The following table lists the functions that can initialize
the DataBlade
API.
| DataBlade API initialization function | Valid in client LIBMI application? | Valid in user-defined routine? |
|---|---|---|
| mi_client_locale() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_get_default_connection_info() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_get_default_database_info() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_get_next_sysname() | Yes | No |
| mi_get_parameter_info() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_init_library() | Yes | No |
| mi_open() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_register_callback() | Yes | Yes |
| mi_server_connect() | Yes | No |
| mi_set_default_connection_info() | Yes | Ignored |
| mi_set_default_database_info() | Yes | Ignored |
| mi_set_parameter_info() | Yes | No |
| mi_sysname() | Yes | Yes |
One of the functions listed in the preceding table must be the first DataBlade API function called in a DataBlade API session. If you do not call one of these functions, the DataBlade API is not initialized and all subsequent DataBlade API calls return error status.