Activating the XLUF Feature for Nonprintable Characters

You can use the -X option to activate the hexadecimal load and unload format (XLUF) feature in DB–Access at the command line. When you invoke DB–Access with the -X option, the LOAD and UNLOAD SQL statements can format nonprintable ASCII signs in hexadecimal format. The -X option can be used after the -ansi option and before any of the other options. A .unl file that the UNLOAD statement produces contains the hexadecimal format changes.

For more information, see the descriptions of the LOAD and UNLOAD statements in the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Syntax. Also see the discussion of the various SQL utilities in the IBM Informix: Migration Guide and the data types information in the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Reference.