Informix-ESQL/C Programmer's Manual
Chapter 9: Working with INFORMIX-Universal Server Complex Data

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The information in this chapter applies only if you are using INFORMIX-Universal Server as your database server.

This chapter explains how to use collection and row data types in an INFORMIX-ESQL/C program. These ESQL/C data types access the complex data types that Universal Server supports, as the following table shows.

Universal Server Data Type ESQL/C Host Variable
Collection types: LIST, MULTISET, SET
Typed collection host variable
Untyped collection host variable

Row types: named and unnamed
Typed row host variable
Untyped row host variable

For information about all the data types that are available for use in an ESQL/C program, see Chapter 2, "INFORMIX-ESQL/C Data Types." For information about SQL complex data types, see the Informix Guide to SQL: Reference.

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