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Extending HCL OneDB™Beyond standard relational database objects, HCL OneDB™ 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®.
HCL OneDB™ extensions and DataBlade® modulesThese topics describe how to use built-in database extensions and separately installed DataBlade® modules.
Database Extensions User's GuideThis publication explains how to use the database extensions that come with HCL OneDB™: Large Object Locator, MQ messaging, binary data types, basic text search, node data type, and SQL packages.The HCL® OneDB® Database Extensions User's Guide explains how to use the database extensions that come with HCL OneDB™: Large Object Locator, MQ messaging, binary data types, basic text search, node data type, HCL OneDB™ web feature service for Geospatial Data, and SQL packages.
Binary data typesThe binary18 and binaryvar data types allow you to store binary-encoded strings, which can be indexed for quick retrieval.
Binary data type functions
Support functions for binary data types

Support functions for binary data types

Supporting functions for binary data types include the SQL LENGTH() and OCTET_LENGTH() functions that allow you to determine the length of a column. The bdttrace() function is used to trace events related to using binary data types.