Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_collection_close() function closes a collection and frees the collection descriptor.

mi_integer mi_collection_close(conn, coll_desc)

MI_CONNECTION *conn;

MI_COLL_DESC *coll_desc;

conn	is a pointer to the connection descriptor that a previous call to mi_open(), mi_server_connect(), or mi_server_reconnect() established.
coll_desc	is a pointer to the collection descriptor.

Valid in Client LIBMI Application?	Valid in User-Defined Routine?
Yes	Yes

The mi_collection_close() function closes the collection that the coll_desc collection descriptor identifies. This function is the destructor function for the collection descriptor. This collection was opened by a previous call to mi_collection_open().

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_collection_copy(), mi_collection_create(), mi_collection_delete(), mi_collection_fetch(), mi_collection_free(), mi_collection_insert(), mi_collection_open(), and mi_collection_update().

For a description of collections, see Collections.