C/C++ Data Conversion Functions

The Data Conversion Functions permit customers to change data from one data type to another - for example, to convert the string "2006-02-01 09:00:00.000000" into a value that is formatted as a TIMESTAMP.

These functions may be used in both in-process and out-of-process code.

• Conversion API
  The API for all conversions requires inclusion of the c8conversions.h header file.
• ToString() datatype
  All of the ToString() functions take an input data value and convert it to a string. The string is stored in a user-supplied data buffer with a specified max size. All data types except C8Bool require a conversion format.
• StringToDatatype()
  All the StringToDatatype functions take an input string and output a parsed value of the appropriate data type.