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Enhance Password Validation failed message to include source IP

Enhance online.log message DATETIME SERVERNAME DATETTIME Password Validation for user [USERNAME] failed! to include source ip address to make client indentification easier.
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Only in-memory Temp table

Temporary table only cached in the memory, it does not to write into the temp dbspace.Requirement from China mobile (CMCC), CMCC use lots of temp table in the following 2 ways:Create temp table ... with no log; select * from tab into temp tabname ...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Add DB2 ALTER TABLE VOLIATE feature.

Add DB2 ALTER TABLE VOLIATE feature, this would default to index scans rather than a table scan if there are no statistics.
5 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Submitted

Add DB2 OPTIMIZATION LEVEL to allow more time to be spent in the optimizer for complex queries.

Add a feature similar to DB2 OPTIMIZATION LEVEL to allow more time to be spent in the optimizer for complex queries.
5 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Set explain on to show time spent on query optimixation.

Set explain on to show time spent on query optimixation. Then we can see which sql could benefit from optimizer hints to reduce cpu usage and improve performance.
5 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Data Masking in INFORMIX

Our objective is not to see any sensitive data outside the production systems. As an example here is our real requirement. In a PROD environment, we can see the table data as usual . For data protection purposes, the data of the same table needs t...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Future consideration

IF NOT EXISTS should not be saved as part of stored routine source

When creating a stored procedure or function with the IF NOT EXISTS optional clause included, the option text is currently included in the saved source code for the procedure. This is not true of any other database object created with the IF NOT E...
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Not under consideration

Consolidate free space across entire chunk or dbspace

I suggest a repack-like tool which consolidates free space in an entire chunk or dbspace in order to get few, big enough, free spaces to use efficiently. Being able to do so online and with little blocking is desirable
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Connection Manager should have an option to initiate failover if a shared memory dump is started.

In high transaction environments shared memory dumps could have enough impact they cannot be enabled.The connection manger should be able to detect that an instance is dumped shared memory and be able to initiate failover.
10 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Add DB2 zigzap scan capability to Informix

Add DB2 zigzap scan capability to Informix. Simliar to Db2 jump scan but on both indexes in a join.
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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