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loopback-connector-informix

IBM® Informix® is the database of choice for robust, enterprise-wide solutions handling high-volume workloads. It is optimized to deliver industry-leading performance while lowering costs. The loopback-connector-informix module is the LoopBack connector for Informix.

The LoopBack Informix connector supports:

All create, retrieve, update, and delete operations.
Queries with fields, limit, order, skip and where filters.

Installation

Enter the following in the top-level directory of your LoopBack application:

$ npm install loopback-connector-informix --save

The --save option adds the dependency to the application’s package.json file.

Configuration

Use the data source generator to add the Informix data source to your application. The resulting entry in the application’s server/datasources.json will look something like this:

"mydb": {
  "name": "mydb",
  "connector": "informix"
}

Edit server/datasources.json to add other supported properties as required:

"mydb": {
  "name": "mydb",
  "connector": "informix",
  "username": <username>,
  "password": <password>,
  "database": <database name>,
  "hostname": <informix server hostname>,
  "port":     <port number>
}

The following table describes the connector properties.

Property	Type	Description
database	String	Database name
schema	String	Specifies the default schema name that is used to qualify unqualified database objects in dynamically prepared SQL statements. The value of this property sets the value in the CURRENT SCHEMA special register on the database server. The schema name is case-sensitive, and must be specified in uppercase characters
username	String	Informix Username
password	String	Informix password associated with the username above
hostname	String	Informix server hostname or IP address
port	String	Informix server TCP port number

Alternatively, you can create and configure the data source in JavaScript code. For example:

var DataSource = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource;
var Informix = require('loopback-connector-informix');

var config = {
  username: process.env.INFORMIX_USERNAME,
  password: process.env.INFORMIX_PASSWORD,
  hostname: process.env.INFORMIX_HOSTNAME,
  port: 50000,
  database: 'informixdb',
};

var db = new DataSource(Informix, config);

var User = db.define('User', {
  name: { type: String },
  email: { type: String },
});

db.autoupdate('User', function(err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
    return;
  }

  User.create({
    name: 'Tony',
    email: 'tony@t.com',
  }, function(err, user) {
    console.log(err, user);
  });

  User.find({ where: { name: 'Tony' }}, function(err, users) {
    console.log(err, users);
  });

  User.destroyAll(function() {
    console.log('example complete');
  });
});