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    have NVL() and COALESCE() accept host variables like other DB engines do

    See https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://community.ibm.com/community/user/datamanagement/discussion/sql-coalesce-does-not-support-sql-parameters*bm723bd631-c8e5-4c0c-a6ce-a5b977b8d2ae__;Iw!!I_DbfM1H!BBGO-0ceowioxh82YN-AlSZ0PMERaPp_Tm4yoQ_jh6qJaw9xW...
    about 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Allow storage expansion and extension during an archive

    Need the ability to use onspaces, onparams, & API functions to manage storage allocation while an archive is executing. This is especially true with auto-extension of chunks and auto-expanding dbspaces by adding chunks automatically from the s...
    over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Better tool for performance analysis and tips

    Until now, we can use the tool "explain" to have a query plan generated or use "onmode -Y" for the same purpose. Next, we can use onstat indicators or SMI queries to mearure performance. Anyway, this has downsides:- You have to know the query for ...
    about 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    RSS_FLOW_CONTROL will be managed for each RSS separatly

    Currently RSS_FLOW_CONTROL parameter will be used for all RSS at the same time but we want to use this for 1 RSS only .
    about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Implement st_distance_sphere funtion

    As part of the migration from MySQL to Informix, using Spatial Datablade, the lack of this functions may stop or delay the migration from MySQL to Informix databases.
    7 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Convert Log "Raw" data into SQL Statements

    archecker and onlog should be able to output analyzed onlog raw information and convert it to SQL Statements
    over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Provide the DBA with detailed connection information

    When a user connects, the information of sysmaster:syssessions, onstat -u, onstat -g ses <session ID> provide information related to username, client hostname, etc. Currently its difficult/laborious to determine the Informix listener used by...
    almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Add bitmap indexes

    Add persisted bitmap indexes similar to Oracle. Same use case as for Oracle.
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Clone a database

    I routinely need to clone a Production database (not the whole instance) onto another instance on another machine. Formerly, I used onunload to do this, and worked like a charm. However, onunload does not work with blobs, and after we incorporated...
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Functionality already exists

    Allow the specification of the isolation mode at the statement level

    The programmer should be able to specify the isolation mode (committed read, dirty read, serializable etc.) at the statement level.I don't have a definitive idea on how to specify this in terms of syntax. It could be in a "clean" way like: SELECT ...
    about 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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