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Informix Server

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change the bufferpool size online

when I add the new dbspace, the page size is 16 k; Informix add a default bufferpool , I forget to create the bufferpool using onparams firstly, later I found it's too small, can't meet the performance requirement, I found I have no method to chan...
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

alter table online when modifying char length without killing the sessions

today my db is accessed through many web server. the main table is frequently modified : char increased and new fields. i had to bounce the engine to remove all the sessions easily.
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow disabling automatic Next Extent calculations

Informix automatically doubles the Next Extent size for every 16 extents on a table. This action will continue until an extent is large enough to provide at least 10% free space. On very large, slow-growing tables, this can lead to an incredible w...
about 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

oncheck should report all bad rowids in an index.

oncheck should report all bad rowids in an index. Current oncheck stops at the first bad rowid, this makes it impossible to tell if there is more than 1 bad rowid in an index.
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Enhance onstat -g prc information

Enhance onstat -g prc information: Last recompile datetime Add sql statement that causes this entry to last recompile if changed Add location column (module/line) similar to onstat -g afr output for last change to this entry if an object changed s...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

Enhance onstat -g dic information

Enhance onstat -g dic information Add datetime entry was created Add sql statement that causes this entry to be created if an object changed. Add location column (module/line) similar to onstat -g afr output that causes this entry to be created if...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

Enhance sysproclan information

Change sysproclan column created to datetime year to second. Add sql statement that caused the change Add location column (module/line) similar to onstat -g afr output This means stored procedure recompiles can be RCA'ed more easily when they are ...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Increase supported ADMIN_MODE_USERS by moving list from onconfig to table

Parameter ADMIN_MODE_USERS handy during migrations. the ability to make the database available for a subset of users is great for post migration validation. However the length of the field (127 bytes) is a limitation that ends up being somewhat mi...
about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Allow changing of S3 Prefix for onbar backups

Scenario is you have 1000+ sites to backup all with the same informix server name. instead of changing the informixserver name you can set prefix on the onpsm backup. this allows for reducing the amount of buckets for this setup in cases where you...
about 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Commit Interval for Implicit Transactions

Allow user to set a commit interval in rows or time for SQL statements not contained in an explicit begin work/commit work block.
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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