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Informix Server

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InformixHQ should give the option to drop a constraint since it allows you to create a constraint.

HQ UI is allowing to create a constraint with clicking a checkbox and to be consistent, should also make it possible to drop that constraint via the gui.
18 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

InformixHQ support for Large tables as part of the 15.0 release

For Informix 15.0, InformixHQ needs to support the creation of large tables through the "Create Table" option and be able to distinguish between small and large tables on the table information page.
23 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered
112 VOTE

Backup from RSS or HDR Secondaries using ontape, onunload, onbar, dbexport

In HDR enviroments, being able to backup or export databases from and HDR, HDR read-only, or an RSS secondary server is critical. Programs like ontape, onunload, dbexport, and onbar generate locks on tables during backups and data-exports. This cr...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered
108 VOTE

Obtain the query plan of a running query

Many times a DBA is called to check upon a slow process. Most of the times those processes are running a slow query.Sometimes it's hard to know if the query is using the best query plan or not. A DBA can reproduce the query, but it it was prepared...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 4 Delivered

Update PDF manuals for v14.10.<latest> and keep in sync

The PDF manuals have not been updated since v12.10.FC7!
over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

SQL interface to obtain the temporary space usage (tables, hash, sorts...)

A DBA and possibly a programmer needs an easy way to monitor who is responsible for the temporary space usage.Currently it's possible a user may be consuming a lot of temporary space and impacting other sessions, without the DBA being able to quic...
about 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

Page limitation for single fragment, to avoid stop the business and recreate the table .

Remove or enlarge the 16,775,134 page limitation per fragment.
almost 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

255 rows/page limit should be addressed

Informix has a rows/page limit of 255 rows/page. Perhaps this was not a problem originally but over time we have seen new features: larger page sizes (up to 16 kB against 2 kB or 4 kB previously, dependent on operating system). compression option....
over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 3 Delivered

Enhance availability of readahead performance details

With the ubiquity of intelligent storage, the value of readahead in the Informix server is reduced and excessive readahead can be detrimental to performance. However, since the introduction of the AUTO_READAHEAD parameter and the associated change...
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

Implement CREATE OR REPLACE option for stored procedures

We are looking to deploy more code into the system hot, taking advantage of improvements have made to trap any -710 errors internally and re-parse transparent to the user session. Currently it is necessary to drop a procedure before creating a new...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

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