ESQL/C ifx_var_init() purpose and usage

Hello, When are using ESQL/C ifx_var_*() functions to fetch LVARCHAR data dynamically in our Informix driver for Genero BDL. For now we do following to initialize the opaque structure used by this API: void *lvarchar = NULL; ifx_var_flag(&lvarchar, 1); There is this ifx_var_init() we do not use for now. Is this required or is ifx_var_flag() sufficient? Note BTW that the ifx_var_init() function is miss in the ESQL/C documentation. Seb ------------------------------ Sebastien FLAESCH ------------------------------

If it follows the same logic as the mi_new_var() UDR function then the memory is not initialized. IMHO it makes no sense to initialize it as you use mi_set_vardata() and mi_set_varlen() soon after to write something into the location