PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development

Chapter 15. IBM Informix

Jim O’Neil

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Connecting to Informix

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Data Types

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Using Stored Procedures

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Outer Join Syntax

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Logging Modes

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Objectives

PowerBuilder offers developers four specific connectivity options for IBM Informix databases:

• Third-party Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers

• Third-party Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers

• Third-party OLE-DB providers

• The “native” driver available in the PowerBuilder Enterprise version

In this chapter, we will focus on the last option by discussing connectivity requirements, Informix-specific data type processing, ...