DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide Creating DataBlade Objects Using BladeSmith

In This Chapter

Prerequisite Tasks

BladeSmith Task Overview

BladeSmith Windows

Creating a New Project

DataBlade Module Project Name

New Object Prefix

Server Compatibility

Description Locale

Project Version Numbers

Vendor Information

Importing Interfaces from Another DataBlade Module

Creating DataBlade Module Objects

Database Object Name Lengths

Creating Aggregates

Aggregate Name

Iteration Type

Initialization Parameter

State Type

Initialization Function

Iteration Function

Combine Function

Final Function

Creating Casts

Source and Target Data Types

Implicit and Explicit Casts

Cast Support Functions

Defining Errors

SQL Error Code

Error Locale

SQL Error Text

Defining Interfaces

Creating Routines

Routine Name

Statement Local Variables

Routine Arguments

Variant Functions

Parallelizable Routines

C Routine Name

Routine Behavior

User-Defined Virtual Processor Class Name

Stack Size

Cost of Routine

Related Routines

Creating Data Types

Collection Data Type

Distinct Data Type

Opaque Data Type

Qualified Data Type

Row Data Type

Adding Functional Test Data

Test Data for Opaque Type Support Routines

Test Data for User-Defined Routines

Test Data for Cast Support Routines

Adding SQL Files

Importing SQL Text from a File

Object Dependencies

Adding Client Files

Generating Files

Setting Generated File Properties

Generating All Files

Generating SQL Scripts

Generating Source Files

Generating Test Files

Generating Installation Package Files

Regenerating Files

Merging Changes in Source Code and Unit Test Files

Replacing Visual C++ Project, SQL, Functional Test, and
Installation Files

Opening the Project File in Visual C++