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File Types and Formats

The database server supports both disk and named-pipe external files.

The external data files can be in delimited ASCII and EBCDIC formats, fixed-ASCII and EBCDIC formats, IBM-format files, and Informix internal format. For simple large objects, which contain TEXT or BYTE data, the data file can be in raw (Informix internal format) or delimited format. For more information, refer to Formats for Simple Large Objects.

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