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    Informix latest version of 14.10 and 15.0 on OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)'

    Hi Informix Team, We can see at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1079427 , that Informix Server 14.10 and 15.x is not released for Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat). The current supported Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will EOS in June 2027 . Thank you ve...
    5 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Please port the implementation of ego service InstanceToSlotRatio to symphony 7.3.2 fp3 so that we can utilize the feature without having to use conductor license

    Please port the implementation of ego service InstanceToSlotRatio to symphony 7.3.2 fp3 so that we can utilize the feature without having to use conductor license
    7 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Submitted

    Require to support open JAVA JDK21 and JDK25 for symphony applications

    Our application CVA will face out open java lower version < 17 per company policy, and moving onto Jdk21 and Jdk25 soon.
    7 days ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Submitted

    Have an new TEMP_TABLE_SIZE = [LARGE|SMALL] onconfig and session parameter

    It appears that LARGE temp tables are not best practice, as these are slower than SMALL temp tables. It would be nice to avoid application code changes because of this Informix behavior, and force programmers to use CREATE SMALL TEMP TABLE ... All...
    23 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Allow rolling upgrade of an online cluster to a different major version.

    This would allow upgrading to a different major version as a rolling upgrade. This reduces risk by only upgrading some secondaries allowing failover to revert to the previous version with minimal impact. New catalog fields would be auto-populated ...
    about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Allow rolling upgrade of an online cluster to non-consecutive fix packs with catalog changes.

    This would allow skipping fixpacks even with catalog changes.This reduces risk by only upgrading some secondaries allowing failover to revert to the previous version with minimal impact.
    about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Allow rolling upgrade of an online cluster to non-consecutive fix packs when no catalog changes.

    Allow skipping fixpacks and still doing a rolling upgrade when there are catalog changes. This reduces risk by only upgrading some secondaries allowing failover to revert to the previous version with minimal impact. New catalog fields would be aut...
    about 1 month ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Deprecated throw call

    There are throw (...) in symphonyDE/DE732/7.3.2/include/soam.h. This pattern repeats on many lines. throw (...) was deprecated in c++11 and was removed in 17. Please remove the throw part. There are ways to make it compatible with all 11:3
    about 2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

    Better dbaccess output formats

    CSV output, or at at least tabular output with headings would be appreciated A "quiet" or "errors only" mode would also be good, as too many times errors get lost because stderr was sent to /dev/null, because most of the things dbaccess writes t...
    about 2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Update Statistics from secondary

    Given the statistics update process is almost entirely read-only, excecpt for the ind of each table/index, it would be useful to be able to run it from a secondary ( HDR/RSS Node ) too keep load off te primary
    about 2 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

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