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Allow INSERT to write to external tables

Currently one can only write to an external table by selecting from an existing table. There are many uses for writing to an external table that do not involved writing only the results of a SELECT query. Combined with RFE INFX-I-61, Appendable Ex...
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Specify Drill Target Report format when drilling from Dashboard

In Cognos Analytics 11 when drilling through from a Dashboard visualization to a Report want to have the option to select the target report format.
about 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Future consideration

New Authorization for SELECT all tables (DataSelect)

We use the DataAccess Auth to let Select. Insert, Update & Delete on all tables. But we'll appreciate also a new Auth for letting only Select on all tables. That's why we thought about the name DataSelect.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

JDBC suport of collection data types in scroll cursors

Currently the usage of collection data type columns in scroll cursors are disabled by default throwing an Exception with this stack trace. Stack trace returned is: at com.informix.util.IfxErrMsg.buildExceptionWithMessage(IfxErrMsg.java:416) at com...
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Hostfactory config file audit

Like SD, RS, we need to audit HostFactory config files including requestors and providers. The information we need is user name, host info, parameter changed, file name.
2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Provide a 0penTelemetry instrumented Symphony library

Request to support OpenTelemetry and provide the instrumented Symphony C++ library
2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

Ability to Reconnect during a failure on a highly available Database like Cockroach DB

We are replicating data from DB2 to Cockroach DB using the CDC FlexRep flavor. And we have a highly available multi region/multi cluster Cockroach DB which allows client to access the database anytime. A client connecting to the Database uses a Ne...
2 months ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Under review

For tables w/ columns that are generated by default, update the internal sequence with the next value for the column

When using Qrep for DR , we have to make the target table which has generated numeric values to be generated by default. That is understood. In a DR scenario, when we fail over from the A to the B side, we have to run a script that gets the max va...

Enhance LOAD to support Load on DATABASE level

We suppose to enhance LOAD utility to allow LOAD DATABASE, intended to create the possibility of loading several or all tables of a database in one step using only one SYSREC file. Background: In the past, using segmented tablespaces, we had the o...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Manta Lineage Export in Default Mode to Alation with SSO Enabled

Currently Manta is able to export lineage to Alation in "DEFAULT" mode based on the Service Account credentials which would auto-generate Refresh Token to upload lineage, without adversely impacting the process due to session expiry as in the case...
2 months ago in Data Lineage by Manta 0 Submitted