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Informix

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determine length of data stored in smartblob

Just because data is stored as a smartblob not blob, we have to go to a work around solution to get "LENGTH" of blob stored. By using length(smartblob) the amount of bytes stored in the smartblob should be returned. The LENGTH function works if ...
over 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Functionality already exists

Killl a Query on the IWA

I would like to be able to kill a query currently being processed by the IWA accelerator using an ondwa command.
over 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Cannot logically restore a table when restoring smart blobs

System: IDS archeckerActor: Barmenia DBA Team We use archecker to perform table-level-restores. For various reasons it has to be on a point-in-time basis, which is not possible if a table has columns of data type blob.The following error occurs: E...
almost 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

support for snapshot isolation in .Net code

Microsoft already supports IsolationLevel.Snapshot in .Net code.Informix has LAST COMMITTED isolation level which is equivalent.For some reasons in .NET code IsolationLevel.Snapshot is not supported on Informix database. Also there is no way to se...
almost 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

Add server/host down alert to Open Admin Tool

Provide a means to have Open Admin Tool check for an informix server or a host being down and send an email when one is found.
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

InformixHQ - Backup Sensor

I would kike InformixHQ Backup Sensor notify me whenever Backup Level 0 is greater than 24 (hours). But the Backup Sensor did not work with "hours format", just "timestamp", so It is impossible to know when the backup is older than 24 hours becau...
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

CSDK C++ API

Please add bigint and bigserial data types to CSDK C++ library
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

4GL - INPUT statement - Ability to EXIT INPUT but still execute the AFTER INPUT control block

It would be handy to be able to exit from an INPUT statement and (conditionally) trigger the AFTER INPUT control block. Currently if you execute and EXIT INPUT, the thread will continue after the END INPUT statement. What I am requesting is a new ...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

Create and use a BTS index over a temporary table.

drop table if exists tp01 ;create temp table tp01 ( nome varchar(100) ) with no log ;insert into tp01 select first 1000 tabname from systables ; create index i1_tp01 on tp01( nome bts_varchar_ops) using bts ; select * from tp01 where bts_contains ...
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Optional expiration date for default role

In modern environments with a minimum need of data protection it is mandatory to set an expiration date to user accounts. Informix heavily depends on the user management of the underlying OS. In real life users have access to different databases ...
over 5 years ago in Informix 1 Not under consideration