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    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

    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

    FTS to support result set more than 10000 entires

    Issue description: We have configured Free text search in Staging Environment and if we query using Free text search and query is expected to return more than 10000 entries but still FTS search returns 10000 entries. We would like to understand if...
    4 months ago in Product Master 0 Planned for future release

    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

    LDAP Authenication for HQ

    Allow the option to use LDAP for HQ Authentication. Build the user name in HQ but allow it to use domain authentication. This would also allow HQ to write backups to mapped drives. See Support Case TS007408895 for further details.
    almost 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Future consideration

    HDR shall handle blobs which are located in a blob space

    In contrast to CLR (Continous Log Restore) is HDR not able to replicate blobs which are lying within a blob dbspace. HDR is only able to replicate blobs when they are within a table space. Work-Around: => see addional details #Customers: More o...
    8 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

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