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Additional conversions for GLSThere are supported conversions between the additional HCL Informix® SQL data types for GLS and the Informix® ODBC Driver C data types.

Additional conversions for GLS

There are supported conversions between the additional HCL Informix® SQL data types for GLS and the Informix ODBC Driver C data types.

Only Informix can convert data to SQL_C_BIT.

The Informix NCHAR and NVARCHAR SQL data types support conversion between the following ODBC driver C data types (fCType):

SQL_C_BINARY
SQL_C_BIT
SQL_C_CHAR
SQL_C_DATE
SQL_C_DOUBLE
SQL_C_FLOAT
SQL_C_LONG
SQL_C_SHORT
SQL_C_SLONG
SQL_C_SSHORT
SQL_C_STINYINT
SQL_C_TIME STAMP
SQL_C_TINYINT
SQL_C_ULONG
SQL_C_USHORT
SQL_C_UTINYINT

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