Text file import and export functions

Text file import and export functions transfer the text representation of the opaque data type to and from a flat file.

Text file import and export functions enable bulk copy for opaque data types. When you copy data from a file into a database with PLOAD or the DB-Access LOAD command, the server calls a text file import function to convert the incoming value to the server binary format. When data is copied out of the database into an external file, the server calls a text file export function to convert the value from server binary format to text file format.

BladeSmith generates the complete code for these functions.

See the HCL Informix® DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide for more information.