mi_string *mi_decimal_to_string(decimal_data)
   mi_decimal *decimal_data;

decimal_data

is a pointer to the internal DECIMAL representation of the decimal value.

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

The mi_decimal_to_string( ) function converts the internal DECIMAL value that decimal_data contains into a decimal string. An internal DECIMAL value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a DECIMAL column of the database.

An mi_string pointer

is a pointer to the decimal string that mi_decimal_to_string( ) has created.

NULL

indicates that the function was not successful.

See also the descriptions of mi_date_to_string( ), mi_datetime_to_string( ), mi_interval_to_string( ), mi_money_to_string( ), and mi_string_to_decimal( ).

For more information on how to convert internal DECIMAL values to decimal strings, see the IBM Informix: DataBlade API Programmer's Guide.