Event Information Level Event Log Header |
API Structure(s) sqlm_event_log_header |
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API Element Name Element Type |
byte_order information |
Description: The byte ordering of numeric data, specifically whether the event data stream was generated on a "big endian" server (for example, a RISC System/6000) or "little endian" server (for example, a PS/2).
Usage: This information is needed to allow you to interpret numeric data in the data stream, since the byte order of integers on a "big endian" server is the reverse of the byte order on a "little endian" server.
If the application that processes the data recognizes that it is running on one type of computer hardware (for example, a big endian computer), while the event data was produced on the other type of computer hardware (for example, a little endian computer), then the monitoring application will have to reverse the bytes of numeric data fields before interpreting them. Otherwise, byte reordering is not required.
This element can be set to one of the following API constants:
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