mi_decimal *mi_string_to_decimal(decimal_string)
   mi_string *decimal_string;

decimal_string

is a pointer to the decimal string to convert to its internal DECIMAL format.

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

The mi_string_to_decimal( ) function converts the decimal string that decimal_string references to its internal DECIMAL (mi_decimal) value. An internal DECIMAL value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a DECIMAL column of the database. This format can represent both fixed-point and floating-point decimal numbers.

An mi_decimal pointer

is a pointer to the internal DECIMAL representation that mi_string_to_decimal( ) has created.

NULL

indicates that the function was not successful.

See also the descriptions of mi_decimal_to_string( ), mi_string_to_date( ), mi_string_to_datetime( ), mi_string_to_interval( ), and mi_string_to_money( ).

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