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DataBlade Module Development Overview
DataBlade Module Documentation

Title-to-Topic Reference

In the following table, the manuals mentioned in the DataBlade Module Development Overview are listed alphabetically by title, with a brief description of each.

Manual Title Description
Creating UDRs in Java Describes how Java is implemented in the Informix database server. Describes a library of classes and interfaces that allow programmers to create and execute Java user-defined routines that access Informix database servers.
DataBlade API Programmer's Manual Provides a complete reference for the DataBlade API, which is used to develop applications that interact with your Informix database server.
DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide Describes how to develop and package DataBlade modules using the DataBlade Developers Kit.
DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide Explains how to install DataBlade modules and use BladeManager to register, upgrade, and unregister DataBlade modules in Informix databases.
Extending Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Explains how to extend existing data types, define new data types, and define your own functions and procedures for an Informix database. Describes the tasks you must perform to extend operations on data types, to create new casts, to extend operator classes for secondary access methods, and to write opaque data types. Defines common considerations for SPL and external routines and describes how to create user-defined aggregates.
Informix R-Tree Index User's Guide Describes the Informix R-tree secondary access method and how use its components. It describes how to create an R-tree index on appropriate data types and how to create a new operator class that uses the R-tree access method to index a user-defined data type.
Getting Started with Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Provides an overview of the architecture of your Informix database server, introduces the major features of the server, introduces the server kits, and provides information to help you use the documentation that is included with each kit.
Informix GLS Programmer's Manual Describes Informix GLS, an application programming interface available in Informix products. Informix GLS provides ESQL/C and DataBlade module developers the ability to write programs (or change existing programs) to handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets.
Informix Guide to GLS Functionality Describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in Informix products. The GLS feature allows Informix APIs and Informix database servers to handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets. This manual describes only the language-related topics that are unique to GLS.
Informix CLI Programmer's Manual Explains how to use the Informix CLI application programming interface to gain access to Informix databases, manipulate the data in your program, interact with the database server, and check for errors.
Informix ESQL/C Programmer's Manual Explains how to use Informix ESQL/C to create client applications with database management capabilities. This manual is a complete guide to the features of ESQL/C that allow you to gain access to Informix databases, manipulate the data in your program, interact with the database server, and check for errors.
Informix Guide to SQL: Reference Describes the Informix system catalog tables, common environment variables that you might need to set, and the built-in data types that your Informix database server supports.
Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax This manual contains syntax descriptions for the Structured Query Language (SQL) and Stored Procedure Language (SPL) statements that your Informix database server supports.
Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial Includes instructions for using basic and advanced Structured Query Language (SQL), as well as for designing and managing your database.
Administrator's Guide for Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Describes how to install, configure, and use the features of your Informix database server.
Performance Guide for Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Explains how to configure and operate your database server to improve overall system performance as well as the performance of SQL queries.
Informix JDBC Driver Programmer's Guide Describes the JDBC driver that implements the Java interfaces and classes that programmers use to connect to an Informix database server.

DataBlade Module Development Overview, Version 4.0
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