Informix Dynamic Server.2000: Server-Side Programming in C [Paperback]

Jacques Roy (Author)

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Series: Prentice Hall PTR Informix Series | Publication Date: November 8, 1999

1370J-8 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-ROM contains the Informix DataBlade Developer's Kit, Informix Client Software Developer's Kit, plus all the sample code from the book.

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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-ROM contains the Informix DataBlade Developer's Kit, Informix Client Software Developer's Kit, plus all the sample code from the book.

About the Author

JACQUES ROY, who started in computer programming in 1974, has been a member of the Advanced Technology Group at Informix Software for 4 years. He received his computer science degree from Laval University in Quebec City in 1982.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (November 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013013709X
• ISBN-13: 978-0130137098
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Has all essential information you'll need to code datablades, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: Informix Dynamic Server.2000: Server-Side Programming in C (Paperback)

This book explains all the essential concepts involved in Informix datablade programming. It assumes that the reader is competent in C and SQL. It also assumes an understanding of operating system concepts such as threads and process control. The text moves quickly through the subject matter and it is not an easy read. It has a high information density and several chapters and sections must be studied, not just read. I found several spelling and grammar errors that are evidence that the book was poorly proof-read. There were, however, no errors serious enough to obfuscate the author's intent.

In comparison to the book "Informix Universal Data Option" by Allen and Bambara, "Informix Dynamic Server 2000" by Roy is much more appropriate for those who actually want to write Informix datablades. The Allen book covers a broader selection of topics, but at a much more general level and does not address datablade programming in the same depth as the Roy book.

The CD that accompanies the book contains fully functioning copies of utilities from Informix such as BladeSmith, BladeManager, BladePack, SchemaKnowledge and the SQL Editor. It also contains all the Informix Reference Manuals from Informix Press in their entirety. . I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to learn datablade programming. It won't be the easiest book you've' ever read, but it does contain the information you'll need.