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    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

    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

    DataStage Oracle/ODBC connector stage performance

    We have IBM InfoSphere Platform and thousands of DataStage Jobs. Lot of these jobs use Oracle and ODBC connector Stage to connect to Oracle DBaaS database. These stages are running queries against system tables frequently and causing performance d...
    over 5 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

    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

    Ability to re-create views and procedures without dependent objects being dropped

    Some objects in a database often depend on other. As an example, if there is a view, another view can be built upon it.Private and public synonyms can be created for those views, and permissions given to various users on those views.If the first v...
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Unload to file should have option that prevents over writing of an existing file

    A customer writes some SQL that captures the pre-data to an unload file and then does the updates/deletes etc. If the SQL is successful and inadvertently run again the initial pre-data will be lost.
    over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 3 Future consideration

    Improve the VPCACHE memory manage

    The VPCACHE resource having the option to be DYNAMIC or STATIC. At the documentation, the DYNAMIC option says: " You can set the mode to DYNAMIC to allow the size of each private memory cache to increase or decrease automatically based on the work...
    8 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Submitted

    API Key option in platform connection for db2

    Hello Team, I am trying to create platform connection on cp4d portal for db2u deployment but there is no option for API key authentication we need to supply mandatory values i.e. username and password I choose "IBM db2" while creating platform con...
    4 months ago in Connectivity 0 Submitted

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