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Informix Server

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OnBar selective space backup restore allow non-backup spaces online but empty

Most of our customer base rely on selective space OnBar backups. As 99% of our customer base have been used a concept called Copy live database to a test database under the same instance (obviously, with different database and DBspace name) for ev...
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Informix PSM to sync the LLog IDs

Be able to synchronize the Object Id, with Logical Log IDs. At least to have a onpsm option to query the object ID by the Log Id, something like this: onpsm -L detail -l
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

DELAY_APPLY,Can be set to ms, less than 1s.

DELAY_APPLY Can be set to ms, less than 1s.
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Lock monitor, show table name and How long has waited?

onstat -k can show table name;Can save below information when lock wait occurred.1) session id and SQL statement which hold the lock.2) How long it hold the locks. 3) Table lock information.
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

BTSCANNER tuning, clean index item more quickly

Clean the index item quickly for frequently modified index.
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Methods to get Database and Table names in J/Foundation SQLDATA Interface

In J Foundation, for opaque type implementation, we need methods in SQLData interface implementation to get current database and table where opaque type column resides.
about 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Implement callback functions in J/Foundation for transaction events

Checked the J/Foundation documentation as well and seems like unlike C-udrs, there is no API to register a local callback function when a transaction event happens (like rollback in your case). Implementing this callback functions registering in J...
about 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

HPL jobs freeze when changing index setting

Problem description and business impact When HPL is used to load a table with indexes, it does a set indexes filtering before the loading of the table and does a set indexes enable after the loading. If I have 1000 tables to load, what I would rat...
over 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Informix systabauth table reached maximum space and is at 98%

SYSAUTHD table is at 98% and we want to free up space
about 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

RedBrick support for Windows10 OS

The customer need for the Red Brick Warehouse is supported on the Windows 10 platforms.
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration