Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_string_to_money() function converts a text (string) representation of a monetary value to its binary (internal) MONEY representation.

mi_money *mi_string_to_money(money_string)

mi_string *money_string;

money_string

is a pointer to the monetary string to convert to its internal MONEY format.

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

The mi_string_to_money() function converts the monetary string that money_string references to its the internal MONEY value. An internal MONEY value is the format that the database server uses to store a value in a MONEY column of the database. This format represents a fixed-point decimal number.

Important: The mi_string_to_money() function replaces the mi_money_to_binary() function for string-to-internal-MONEY conversion in DataBlade API modules.

The mi_string_to_money() function accepts the monetary string in the monetary format of the current processing locale. For more information, see the Informix Guide to GLS Functionality.

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_money_to_string(), mi_string_to_date(), mi_string_to_datetime(), mi_string_to_decimal(), and mi_string_to_interval().

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