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Informix

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CSDK support for static links under the latest GCC releases

Currently the only way to produce a statically linked utility using ESQL/C is to compile and link with a GCC release earlier than 5.5. The latest is now v13. Messages look like this: art@Elbereth : ~/GoogleDrive/Latest $ esql -static -o dbstruct d...
over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 4 Future consideration

informix HQ

Current version of Informix HQ is not able to trap and sent alert for engine in block state.
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

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

Add SSL certs

"Plain text" connections to Informix are only encrypted if using SSL. The manuals and internet only explain "self assigned certification" well enough to implement. To make matters worse the "certs" expire and then you have to wipe everything out, ...
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Upgrade without outage in HDR environment

Upgrading without an outage in an HDR environment is a big deal when rolling out upgrades in the HDR environment. With the conversion from 12.10.FC4 to 12.10.FC5 we will have a failover and thats it! Thats a HUGE win for the product but I need thi...
over 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 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

Allow abort defragment

Allow abort the defragment command.
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Improvements to UPDATE STATISTICS LOW

The run time of UPDATE STATISTICS LOW can be reduced by setting the parameter USTLOW_SAMPLE which also reduces I/O by using a sampling algorithm. However the table data may be deemed to be too heavily skewed and the engine falls back to a full sca...
over 7 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
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Add profile counter for number of long transactions since most recent "onstat -z"

Rollback most of the time is a time and resource consuming action. We would like to be able to monitor how many long transactions we (just a simple profile counter), as currently it is not easy and accurate on how to determine the amount of long t...
almost 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration