Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_string_to_decimal() function converts a text (string) representation of a decimal value to its binary (internal) DECIMAL representation.

mi_decimal *mi_string_to_decimal(decimal_string)

mi_string *decimal_string;

decimal_string

is a pointer to the decimal string to convert to its internal DECIMAL format.

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

The mi_string_to_decimal() function converts the decimal string that decimal_string references to its the internal DECIMAL (mi_decimal) value. An internal DECIMAL value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a DECIMAL column of the database. This format can represent both fixed-point and floating-point decimal numbers.

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

The mi_string_to_decimal() function accepts 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_decimal_to_string(), mi_string_to_date(), mi_string_to_datetime(), mi_string_to_interval(), and mi_string_to_money().

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