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Text Extender: Administration and Programming


A summary of Text Extender UDTs


UDT Source data type Comments
DB2TEXTH VARCHAR(60) FOR BIT DATA Text handle. A variable-length string containing information needed for indexing a text document stored in a text column. The information in a handle includes a document ID, the name of the server where the text is to be indexed, the name of the index, and information about the text document.

Handles are stored in columns that Text Extender creates and associates with each text column.

The functions HANDLE and INIT_TEXT_HANDLE return this data type.

DB2TEXTFH VARCHAR(210) FOR BIT DATA File handle. A variable-length string containing information needed for indexing an external text file - a file stored outside of the control of DB2 UDB . The information in a text handle includes a document ID, the name of the server where the text is to be indexed, the name of the index, information about the text file, and information about the location of the file.

File handles are stored in columns that Text Extender creates and associates with each group of external files.

The functions FILE and INIT_TEXT_HANDLE return this data type.

DB2TEXTHLISTP VARCHAR(16) FOR BIT DATA Handle list pointer. A pointer to a list of handles associated with text documents found by a search.

The function HANDLE_LIST returns this data type.

DB2TEXTFHLISTP VARCHAR(16) FOR BIT DATA Handle list pointer. A pointer to a list of handles associated with external files found by a search.

The function HANDLE_LIST returns this data type.


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