Informix Dynamic Server .2000 : Server Side Programming in C

Unleash all the power of IDS.2000 object-relational databases!

Object-relational databases built with Informix Dynamic Server.2000-the core database of Informix Internet Foundation.2000-offer powerful business advantages, including unprecedented flexibility, performance, simplicity, and speed-to-deployment. To leverage the full power of IDS.2000, you need to master Informix's ground-breaking DataBlade API. Now, for the first time, you can find all the information you need for expert Informix ORDBMS development in a single book!

Informix insider Jacques Roy shows how to identify the object-relational techniques that offer the biggest bang for the buck. Using extensive real-world code examples, you'll learn how to use DataBlades to build databases that map precisely to your business requirements. Coverage includes:

• Key opportunities for competitive advantage through object-relational databases-with practical examples
• Step-by-step coverage of building user-defined routines that implement business rules
• SQL statements that take advantage of Informix object-relational extensions
• Opaque types, fastpath interface, Smart Blobs, multi-representation, and other performance enhancers
• Computational, iterator, and aggregate functions
• Tracing and debugging IDS.2000 database server applications

If you want to maximize the performance of your enterprise applications, it's time to go beyond classical RDBMS programming-and take full advantage of IDS.2000's revolutionary object-relational capabilities. This book delivers all the insight and code you'll need!

CD-ROM INCLUDED

he accompanying CD-ROMcontains the Informix DataBlade Developer's Kit, Informix Client Software Developer's Kit, plus all the sample code from the book.