Text File Import and Export Functions

Text file import and export functions transfer the text representation of the opaque data type to and from a flat file.

Text file import and export functions enable bulk copy for opaque data types. When you copy data from a file into a database with PLOAD or the DB-Access LOAD command, the server calls a text file import function to convert the incoming value to the server binary format. When data is copied out of the database into an external file, the server calls a text file export function to convert the value from server binary format to text file format.

BladeSmith generates the complete code for these functions.

See the DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide for more information.