Creating DataBlade Module Objects

The following sections describe the objects that you can define in a BladeSmith project:

• Creating Aggregates
• Creating Casts
• Defining Errors
• Defining Interfaces
• Creating Routines
• Creating Data Types

BladeSmith uses wizards to create and edit objects. To start a wizard to create or add an object to your project, choose Edit > Insert > ObjectName. The last page of the wizard displays the SQL that BladeSmith generates for your object, if there is any.

If you are generating an object that can be secured, the last page of most wizards also allows you to specify privileges. You have these privilege options:

• Grant usage privileges

  All users can access the object, but only the owner can delete it. The owner of an object is the user ID of the user that created the object in the database.

• Grant none

  Only the owner can access or delete the object. Use this option only when there is a specific need to protect a type or routine.

See the IBM Informix: Guide to SQL Tutorial for more information on privileges.