The database server provides a number of different conversion mechanisms, which are performed within the database server and therefore provide maximum performance during the conversion task. The database server optimizes data conversion between ASCII and Informix data representations, and between EBCDIC and Informix data representation in both fixed and delimited formats.
To perform customized conversions, you can create a filter program that writes converted data to a named pipe. The database server then reads its input from the named pipe in one of the common formats.
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