Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Manual DataBlade API Function Descriptions

The mi_typename_to_id() function creates a type identifier for a data type, given the type name in LVARCHAR format.

MI_TYPEID *mi_typename_to_id(conn, type_lvname)

MI_CONNECTION *conn;

mi_lvarchar *type_lvname;

conn	is a pointer to the connection descriptor a previous call to mi_open(), mi_server_connect(), or mi_server_reconnect() established.
type_lvname	is the name of the SQL data type, in LVARCHAR format.

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

The mi_typename_to_id() function converts the name of the data type in the varying-length structure that type_lvname references into a type identifier.

See the descriptions of the following functions: mi_typedesc_typeid(), mi_typename_to_typedesc(), and mi_typestring_to_id().