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ifx_create_char

Name

ifx_create_char — Creates an char object

Synopsis

int ifx_create_char(paramter); string paramter: Character content

Returns

char object identifier or FALSE on error

Description

Creates a char datatype for inserting data types into an Informix database. It is possible to create a char datatype which is essentially a loosely typed variable. Infmormix ESQl/C will attempt to convert the data to the correct datatype. In the example below, note how an array is created containing the char object identifier which is then passed to ifx_query() .

Version

Since version 3.0.6 and 4.0

Example

Example 559. Example

$db = ifx_connect("stores7@ol","informix","informix");

// create param id for first char column
$tid = ifx_create_char("This is the text in the first CHAR column.\n");
// create param id for seccond char column
$bid = ifx_create_char("This is the text in the second CHAR column.\n");

// store both param ids in the param param array
$paramarray[0] = $tid;
$paramarray[1] = $bid;

// insert 
$query = "insert into testparams values (0, ?, ?)";                             
$result = ifx_query($query, $db, $paramarray);
ifx_free_result($result);

ifx_close($db);

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