Data types
HCL Informix® ODBC Driver supports five different data types.
The following table describes the data types that HCL Informix
ODBC Driver supports.
| Data type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Informix SQL data type | Data types that your Informix database server uses | CHAR(n) |
| Informix ODBC Driver SQL data type | Data types that correspond to the Informix SQL data types | SQL_CHAR |
| Standard C data type | Data types that your C compiler defines | unsigned char |
| Informix ODBC Driver typedef | Typedefs that correspond to the standard C data types | UCHAR |
| Informix ODBC Driver C data type | Data types that correspond to the standard C data types | SQL_C_CHAR |