Character and string data types

These topics explain how to use character data types in the Informix® ESQL/C program.

The topics contain the following information:
  • An overview of the character data types
  • Some issues to consider when you insert data from character host variables into the database
  • The syntax of Informix ESQL/C library functions that you can use to manipulate the character data type

For information about SQL data types, see the Informix Guide to SQL: Reference.