Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_lo_from_string() function converts an LO handle in its text representation to its binary representation.

MI_LO_HANDLE *mi_lo_from_string(LOhdl_str)

char *str;

LOhdl_str

is the text representation of the LO handle to convert.

Valid in Client LIBMI Application?	Valid in User-Defined Routine?
Yes	Yes

The mi_lo_from_string() function is a constructor function for the LO handle. Use mi_free() to free this LO handle when it is no longer needed.

The mi_lo_from_string() function allocates a new LO handle in the current memory duration.

See the description of the mi_lo_to_string() function.

For more information, see Binary and Text Representations of an LO Handle.