IBM Informix Large Object Locator DataBlade Module

The IBM Informix Large Object Locator DataBlade module enables you to create a single consistent interface to smart large objects. It expands the concept of smart large objects to include data stored outside the database. Smart large object data exceeds a length of 255 bytes or contains non-ASCII characters.

With the IBM Informix Large Object Locator DataBlade module, you create a reference to a smart large object and store the reference as a row in the database. The object itself can reside outside the database: for example, on a file system (or it could be a BLOB or CLOB column in the database). The reference identifies the type, or access protocol, of the object and points to its storage location.

The IBM Informix Large Object Locator DataBlade module is a foundation DataBlade module for other DataBlade modules that handle smart large objects.