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DataBlade API Programmer's Manual
Chapter 1: Using DataBlade API Functions
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Data Structures

The DataBlade API header files define the data structures that the DataBlade API uses. The following table lists these data structures and the equivalent structures that the header files define for backward compatibility with the Illustra database server.

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DataBlade API Data Structure Backward-
Compatible
Data Structure
Purpose Related Topics

MI_ASYNCH_ACTION

Describes action to be taken for asynchron-ous event processing

MI_CONNECTION

Handle to a connection

"Connections with mi_open()"

MI_CONNECTION_INFO

Describes a connection

"Connections with mi_server_connect() and mi_login()"

MI_DATABASE_INFO

Describes a database login

"Connections with mi_server_connect() and mi_login()"

MI_ERROR_DESC

Describes a server exception

"Server Exceptions"

MI_EVENT_TYPE

Classifies an event

"Events"

MI_LO_FD

MI_LODESC

LO file descriptor describes an open smart large object

"Opening a Smart Large Object" and mi_large_object_open() function

MI_LO_HANDLE

MI_LOHANDLE

LO handle, which identifies the location of a smart large object in its sbspace

"Initializing an LO Handle and LO File Descriptor" and the mi_large_object_create()function

MI_LOINFO

Smart-large-object information descriptor

mi_large_object_info() function

MI_LO_SPEC

LO-specification structure, which contains storage characteristics for a smart large object

"Obtaining the LO-Specification Structure"

MI_LO_STAT

MI_LOSTAT

LO-status structure, which is a status descriptor for an existing smart large object

"Obtaining the Status of a Smart Large Object" and mi_large_object_stat() function

MI_MULTIREP_DATA

Used to create a multirepresentational data type

MI_PARAMETER_INFO

Determines whether callbacks are enabled or disabled and whether pointers are checked

"Information Descriptors"

MI_ROW

Handle to a row

"Getting Rows"

MI_ROW_DESC

Describes the structure of a row

"Getting Row Descriptors"

MI_SAVE_SET

Handle to a save set

"Building a Save Set"




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