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    Allow INSERT to write to external tables

    Currently one can only write to an external table by selecting from an existing table. There are many uses for writing to an external table that do not involved writing only the results of a SELECT query. Combined with RFE INFX-I-61, Appendable Ex...
    almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Add columnar indexes to Informix.

    Other databases e.g. DB2 have columnar index support builtin, we would like that in Informix as well. use case the same as for DB2.
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    New feature to have FORCE_DDL_EXEC functionality for all DDL changes

    The 12.10 manual states that the FORCE_DDL_EXEC environment variable can be used "to force out other transactions that have opened or have locks on the tables involved in an ALTER FRAGMENT ON TABLE operation". We'd like to see this functionality e...
    about 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Informix Developer Edition MAC OS port for Apple Chipset M1/2

    The current and future Informix Development Edition and the Advanced Development Edition should be available under Mac OS apple cpu. The MacBook's are very popular among pupils, students, and IT consultants. Run Informix Server at actual MacBook's...
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Add option to set explain on to see what the optimizer is doing.

    Add option to set explain on to see what the optimizer is doing. - Which statistics were looked at - Relative costs for table scan/index usage - Why a given index is not used - Which join orders are considered - Why join orders are excluded from t...
    over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Need an onmode option to terminate orphaned, tightly coupled global transactions. Onmode -Z does not address this case.

    If a Java application that uses tightly coupled global transactions (such as from Geronimo / WebSphere app servers) abnormally terminates, it may leave the global transaction orphaned on the Informix database server. In this case, an onstat -G wil...
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Add support for static SQL queries text storage in CQM_SUMM_TEXT

    There is currently no support for the static SQL in CQM when one wants to store the SQLTEXT for such queries. Only dynamic SQL is supported. It is currently possible to see in the ISPF interface the static sql, but it is gone after a rollup of the...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Support KAIO in cooked files using 4k formated disk for dbspaces with page size multiple of 4

    Currently, filesystem on hard disk with 4k sector size disables usage of KAIO feature. Request is to allow dbspaces with pages multiple of sector size (4k, 8k, 12k and 16k) to be able to use KAIO. For sure, dbspcaces with other page sizes should r...
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Planned for future release

    INFORMIX AUTO INDEX

    When no suitable index is created, the optimizer does an "auto create index" for the query. This proposed index should be printed out to the online.log to help the admin to create the optimized indexes for the queries.
    over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    enhancements to sysprocedures table and dbschema utility

    Currently, there does not appear to be anything in the sysprocedures table to identify which procedures are provided by Informix (system routines) vs those created by users (user routines). The mode column does not appear to address this particula...
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

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