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Informix

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Limit open partitions to avoid very large rsam pool

In systems with a lot of tables informix can have a very large rsam pool. This can cause informix to allocate so much memory it starts swapping or in memory limiting versions (like workgroup, express etc.) to even let the engine crash. Sometimes t...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

SQL skeleton for SQLTrace

SQL skelecton for SQLTrace Most of the customers' product system have to run almost 1000 transactions per seconds, it means there are about 86M transactions per day. so there will be to many SQLs would be traced by current SQL trace.so customer ca...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

UPDATE STATISTICS misleading message with AUTO_STAT_MODE active

After running Update Statistics Medium/High for Table XY, the constr_time in sysdistrib is not updated reliably. Turned out that this is because AUTO_STAT_MODE is active and statistics are only updated when determined by the engine this is necessa...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow SPL variables to be used to define index directives.

Inside a stored procedure allow the index name for a directive to come from a variable:...define v_bs_index varchar(100);define p_id like tBS.id,...let v_bs_index = ( select cfg from Cfg where group = 'INDEXES' and name = 'TBS_INDEX' )...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Informix Enterprise Gateway - add support for Oracle NVARCHAR2 datatype

Need to access a table in Oracle 11g with datatype NVARCHAR2 , but always fail with error : 29050: Error accessing schema information (field number 4 SQL type not recognized.{Sub=0x0430,Ifx=-29044,Obj=TARGE).
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

In a HDR cluster, be able to shut down the primary without triggering the auto-failover regardless DRAUTO setting and CM

In a HDR cluster, one should be able to shut down the primary instance without triggering the auto-failover regardless the setting of DRAUTO and the existence of connection managers. In DHL environment, there are scenarios that the primary instanc...
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Informix 4gl based Datablades

I would like the ability to create database/SPL's using Informix 4GL syntax and features. I know forms and such wouldn't work but I could then leverage legacy into efficient data retrieval processes for for Java and Typescript to access
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Connection Manager Support for all Possible connection types (DRDA/SQLI/Mongo API/REST)

Connection manager needs to connect and function with all of the informix data not just the DRDA and SQL data portions.
almost 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

Informix HQ - API calls for Groups/Servers administration

Hello Team, I am aware that we can create/add/delete Servers/Groups via InformixHQ UI as admin. Are there API calls that I can use with curl for add/delete/modify Servers/Groups ? This will help in automating end-to-end configuration of Informix H...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Future consideration

ENABLE ONCHECK DATA CROSS-CHECKING FOR FUNCTIONAL INDEX

oncheck -cI on a functional index still says:"Non vanilla index. data crosschecking not enabled" After so many years supporting functional indices we should consider enabling this. I had a customer with a corruption in a functional index on a huge...
almost 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration