Vendor_info data structure

Contains information, returned to Db2® as part of the Init_output structure, identifying the vendor and the version of the vendor device.

Table 1. Fields in the Vendor_info Structure.
Field Name	Data Type	Description
vendor_id	char	An identifier for the vendor. Maximum length of the string it points to is 64 characters.
version	char	The current version of the vendor product. Maximum length of the string it points to is 8 characters.
release	char	The current release of the vendor product. Set to NULL if it is insignificant. Maximum length of the string it points to is 8 characters.
level	char	The current level of the vendor product. Set to NULL if it is insignificant. Maximum length of the string it points to is 8 characters.
server_id	char	A unique name identifying the server where the database resides. Maximum length of the string it points to is 8 characters.
max_bytes_per_txn	sqlint32	The maximum supported transfer buffer size. Specified by the vendor, in bytes. This is used only if the return code from the vendor initialize API is `SQLUV_BUFF_SIZE`, indicating that an invalid buffer size was specified.
num_objects_in_backup	sqlint32	The number of sessions that were used to make a complete backup. This is used to determine when all backup images have been processed during a restore operation.
reserve	void	Reserved for future use.

Note: All char data type fields are NULL-terminated strings.

API and data structure syntax

typedef struct Vendor_info
{
  char *vendor_id;
  char *version;
  char *release;
  char *level;
  char *server_id;
  sqlint32 max_bytes_per_txn;
  sqlint32 num_objects_in_backup;
  void *reserve;
} Vendor_info;