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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL Informix® implementation of client APIs to develop applications for Informix® database servers.
ESQL/C GuideThe Informix® ESQL/C Programmer's Manual explains how to use Informix® ESQL/C, the Informix® implementation of Embedded Structured Query Language (SQL) for C (ESQL/C), to create client applications with database-management capabilities.
What is Informix® ESQL/C?
Complex data typesThese topics explain how to use collection and row data types in the Informix® ESQL/C program.
Access row types
Operate on a row variableThe SELECT, and UPDATE statements allow you to access a row-type column as a whole.
Specify field values

Specify field values

You can specify any of the following values for fields in a row variable:

A literal value
You can also specify literal values directly for a row-type column without first using a row variable.
A constructed row
You cannot include complex expressions directly to specify field values. However, a constructed row provides support for expressions as field values.
An Informix® ESQL/C host variable

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