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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® Developers KitThe DataBlade® Developers Kit (DBDK) guides contain information about the tools you can use to develop and package DataBlade® modules, which extend the functionality of HCL Informix® databases.
DataBlade® Developers Kit User's GuideThe HCL Informix® DataBlade® Developers Kit User's Guide describes how to use tools to develop and package DataBlade® modules.
Programming DataBlade® module routines in CThis section contains information to help you edit and compile C language source code generated by DataBlade®.
Generated code
Tracing and error handlingBladeSmith adds tracing and error handling code throughout the generated source code if the tracing option is set to True when you generate source code in BladeSmith.
Enabling tracing in a database sessionAfter you enable tracing in your DataBlade® module, enable tracing for the database session. By default, when you start a database server session, tracing is disabled.
Set your localeThe system only displays and writes messages to your session that match the locale specified in the session environment variables. Therefore, to see your trace messages, you must set the SERVER_LOCALE environment variable to the same locale you used when you created your messages in BladeSmith.

Set your locale

The system only displays and writes messages to your session that match the locale specified in the session environment variables. Therefore, to see your trace messages, you must set the SERVER_LOCALE environment variable to the same locale you used when you created your messages in BladeSmith.

Tip: To determine the locale for your trace message, look at its properties in BladeSmith; click the message in the project view, under the Errors folder, and choose Edit > Properties.

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