Bulk-Library/C provides routines that allow Client-Library and Server-Library applications to use the Adaptive Server Enterprise bulk-copy interface.
The Adaptive Server Enterprise bulk copy interface allows high-speed transfer of data between a client application’s program variables and the server’s database tables. It provides an alternative to the use of the SQL insert and select commands to transfer data.
Administrators can perform bulk copy using the bcp utility; programmers can use Bulk-Library to create customized bulk-copy tools. Bulk-Library also provides the necessary routines to enable bulk-copy support in an Open Server gateway application.
Bulk copy of encrypted columns is supported if Adaptive Server Enterprise supports encrypted columns.
The Bulk-Library/C routines are for use with
Open Client Client-Library and Open Server Server-Library applications. DB-Library™ provides its own bulk-copy
interface, which is documented in the Open Client DB-Library/C
Reference Manual.
