Client APIs and tools

You can use the IBM® Informix® implementation of client APIs and 4GL development tools to develop applications for Informix database servers.

External resources about application development

Informix Developer's Handbook (IBM Redbooks® publication)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides fundamentals of application development. It covers the client installation and configuration for application development environments. It describes the skills and techniques for building applications with Java™, ESQL/C, OLE DB, .NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails, DataBlade modules, and Hibernate.
Customizing Informix Dynamic Server for Your Environment (IBM Redbooks publication)
This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of some of the capabilities of version 11 of IBM Informix that enable it to be easily customized for your particular environment. This book focuses on the areas of ease of administration and application development.

External resources about specific APIs or features

Migrating 32-bit Informix ODBC applications to 64-bit (IBM developerWorks®)
Learn how to migrate your current 32-bit or 64-bit Informix ODBC applications to the 64-bit driver in IBM Informix Client Software Development Kit 4.10 that is completely compatible with the 64-bit ODBC specification.
Stored procedures used in callable and prepared statements (IBM developerWorks)
Find out how to access a stored procedure using callable statements with the Informix JDBC Driver.
OUT and INOUT parameter support for stored procedure calls in Informix ODBC Driver (IBM developerWorks)
Learn how the implementation of the OUT and INOUT parameter support in IBM Informix ODBC Driver enhances the power of stored procedure calls in Informix.
Expand transaction capabilities with savepoints in Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) (IBM developerWorks)
This article describes how to use savepoints within transactions on IBM Informix. It also explains how you can manage savepoints with various clients, such as ESQL/C and JDBC, and in different areas, such as stored procedures.
Publications for the IBM Informix 11.70 family of products (support document)
You can develop applications using the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ for Informix. See the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ for Informix, v9.7.

External resources about other products

Use Informix ODBC Driver with an ODBC Driver Manager (IBM developerWorks)
This article describes the components that are used by an ODBC application and provides a quick reference of the configuration parameters that are needed to set up IBM Informix ODBC with a third-party ODBC Driver Manager.
Use OData with IBM IBM DB2® and Informix (IBM developerWorks)
This article provides a brief introduction to OData, a web API for data access and describes how you can use OData with IBM IBM DB2 and Informix.
Integrate the rich Internet application framework ZK with Informix to build real-world applications (Tutorial)
This tutorial presents a real-world example that integrates IBM Informix and ZK, a rich Internet application (RIA) framework. ZK is a Java based web application framework that supports Ajax applications. This event-driven framework enables creation of rich user interfaces with minimal knowledge and use of JavaScript.
Get started using IBM Data Studio Developer with Informix Dynamic Server (IBM developerWorks)
Get an introduction to IBM Data Studio and the IBM Data Studio Developer offering, and see how IBM Data Studio Developer can be used to develop applications with .

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