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    Metadata XML of Archive file has No differenciation between varchar and varchar(max)

    Please refer TS017199755 Archive viewer used these XML files to map the datatypes of the column and the way optim processes the Varchar and Varchar(Max) is different and way we convert this to parquet will also be different. Now we are relying on ...
    about 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Submitted

    Optim not able to see these nested tables and the parent table

    The nested tables are going to be in the same realm as complex nested view where Optim currently is not robust enough to access the correct meta data for them.
    7 months ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Submitted

    CM should support majority-vote failover arbitration as an alternative to priority-based

    Currently, the Informix Connection Manager handles failover arbitration on the basis of a priority setting in the ${CMCONFIG} file. This has the effect of making a single CM the judge, jury and executioner when it comes to failover events. And it ...
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Future consideration

    LVARCHAR support via 4GL application

    Due to the implementation of a number of new functionalities and the constantly growing database, we have to switch tables from CHAR to LVARCHAR in several Bank systems, this functionality will save space but also make queries in the database more...
    8 months ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Submitted

    Supply DBD-Informix Driver for PERL DBI on Linux

    I was doing DB development in an Ubuntu/Linux enviornment using PERL. PERL has a database abstraction layer called DBI. Supports preparing queries to both MySQL and Informix with no changes. It does rely on a lower layer DB interface driver, for I...
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Future consideration

    extended ESQL/C login structure for solving password length problem

    Status: In an application using ESQL/C authentication with instance users, a user can change his password by using sql with a passwort length greater than the 18 character limit imposed by the struct InetLogin (see case TS003855467). After the cha...
    about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

    Postgresql 16 support

    We'd like an Optim release compatible with Postgresql 16 datasources for TDM and DP.
    over 1 year ago in Optim / Optim Test Data Management 0 Submitted

    Request for an Informix CSDK port for MAC OS M1 processor

    Is Informix CSDK 4.1x or 4.5x ported for MAC OS M1 processor? Seems like the last one available is x86_64 4.10 and I saw someone asking for a port in Dec 2021 with no response. Maybe there are some specific steps to run as a workaround using the e...
    almost 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

    TRANS NID for spanish NIF/NIE should accept 9 characters

    Spanish NIF/NIE has 9 characters so the TRANS NID function always skip the source row because it detects invalid lenght. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/iotdm/11.3?topic=function-masking-spanish-fiscal-identification-numbers
    over 4 years ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 7 Not under consideration

    Informix Connection Manager should print full timestamp (%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S) in logfile

    Informix oncmsm logfile does not print complete timestamp - only %H:%M:%SSo it is difficult to parse the logfile and get a complete timestamp with date+time.
    over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

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