Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_funcarg_get_datatype() returns the data type of an argument for the expensive UDR of a cost or selectivity function.

MI_TYPEID *mi_funcarg_get_datatype(funcarg_ptr)

MI_FUNCARG *funcarg_ptr;

funcarg_ptr

is a pointer to the MI_FUNCARG structure that describes the expensive-UDR argument.

Valid in Client LIBMI Application?	Valid in User-Defined Routine?
No	Yes

The mi_funcarg_get_datatype() function returns the data type of the argument from the MI_FUNCARG structure that funcarg_ptr references. The MI_FUNCARG structure describes an argument of an expensive UDR to its cost or selectivity function. The function returns this data type as a type identifier (MI_TYPEID). Use the mi_funcarg_get_datatype() function in a cost or selectivity function to obtain the data type of an argument passed into the expensive UDR.

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_funcarg_get_argtype(), mi_funcarg_get_colno(), mi_funcarg_get_constant(), mi_funcarg_get_datalen(), mi_funcarg_get_distrib(), mi_funcarg_get_routine_id(), mi_funcarg_get_routine_name(), mi_funcarg_get_tabid(), and mi_funcarg_isnull().

For more information, see Creating Selectivity and Cost Functions.