Administrative API Reference

Functions and Data Structures

The following sections describe the generic functions and data structures available for use by the vendor products.

The APIs for vendor products are:

• sqluvint - Initialize and Link to Device
• sqluvget - Reading Data from Device
• sqluvput - Writing Data to Device
• sqluvend - Unlink the Device and Release its Resources
• sqluvdel - Delete Committed Session

The data structures used by the vendor APIs are:

DB2-INFO

Contains information identifying DB2 to the vendor device.

VENDOR-INFO

Contains information identifying the vendor and version of the device.

INIT-INPUT

Sets up a logical link between DB2 and the vendor device.

INIT-OUTPUT

Contains output from the device.

DATA

Contains data transferred between DB2 and the vendor device.

RETURN-CODE

Contains return code and explanation of the error.