Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_decimal_to_string() function creates a text (string) representation of a decimal value from the binary (internal) DECIMAL representation.

mi_string *mi_decimal_to_string(decimal_data)

mi_decimal *decimal_data;

decimal_data

is a pointer to the internal DECIMAL representation of the decimal value.

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

The mi_decimal_to_string() function converts the internal DECIMAL value that decimal_data contains into a decimal string. An internal DECIMAL value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a DECIMAL column of the database.

Important: The mi_decimal_to_string() function replaces the mi_binary_to_decimal() function for internal DECIMAL-to-string conversion in DataBlade API modules.

The mi_decimal_to_string() function formats the decimal string in the numeric format of the current processing locale. For more information, see the Informix Guide to GLS Functionality.

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_date_to_string(), mi_datetime_to_string(), mi_interval_to_string(), mi_money_to_string(), and mi_string_to_decimal().

For more information on how to convert internal DECIMAL format to decimal strings, see Converting Decimal Data.