Bulk-Library/C provides routines that allow Client-Library and Server-Library applications to use Adaptive Server’s bulk copy interface for high-speed data transfer. Client-Library programmers do not need to know Bulk-Library unless they want their applications to transfer data with the bulk copy interface. Bulk-Library, Client-Library, and Server-Library share common type definitions for data exchanged between client and server.
DB-Library has its own bulk copy interface and cannot be used with Bulk-Library.
The following diagram illustrates the relationship between the libraries included with Open Client and Open Server:
Figure 1-1: Open Client/Open Server library relationships
As an example, a client application might include calls to Client-Library and CS-Library, while an application that acts as both client and server might include calls to Client-Library, CS-Library, and Server-Library.
Although DB-Library is a completely separate interface from Client-Library, CS-Library, and Bulk-Library, it can be used in an Open Server gateway. It does not share Client-Library’s advantages of sharing common data structures and type definitions with Server-Library.
