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Informix

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Full HDR switch between primary and secondary with a single command and without any downtime

We have 2 servers with 2 HDR instances each. For each cluster we have also 2 connection manager each. On server one there is the primary of cluster 1 and the secondary of cluster 2 On server two there is the primary of cluster 2 and the secondary ...
almost 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Ability to re-create views and procedures without dependent objects being dropped

Some objects in a database often depend on other. As an example, if there is a view, another view can be built upon it.Private and public synonyms can be created for those views, and permissions given to various users on those views.If the first v...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Make range fragmentation work on high-write systems

Our application is INCREDIBLY write-heavy with highly transient data. Frankly, it doesn't even belong in Informix at all; it ought to be in something like MongoDB or even an in-memory DB. [I'm not kidding: 75-90K inserts per minute, involving BYTE...
7 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Add bitmap indexes

Add persisted bitmap indexes similar to Oracle. Same use case as for Oracle.
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

4GL Add Line Number to Character to numeric conversion error

Currently 4GL does not report the line number of Character to numeric conversion errors in the error log. By adding the line number pesky conversion problems can be identified and resolved. Currently only the Date, Time, Error Number, and message ...
about 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration

For sysprocplan add reason for last change/recompile.

For sysprocplan add reason for last change/recompile. E.g. nidexname dropped, tablename changed version. Indexname changed version. This would help when sysprocplan changes keep being logged.
12 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

Add functionality level

Similar to DB2 z/OS Functional Levels and SQL Server Database Compatablity Level add ability to do the same for new features in newer versions of Informix. At least compared to the previous version. This allows more confidence for upgrades. This w...
12 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Add function LISTAGG like DB2 and Oracle

Every query which need to group by and concat few columns is impossible with informix. For example for this SQL : select t.tabname, c.constrname ,k.checktext, k.seqno from sysconstraints c, systables t , outer syschecks k where t.tabname = 'my...
over 4 years ago in Informix 1 Not under consideration

InformixHQ - heatmap - feature

Hello, Recently, during heavy load on an Informix Database, we noticed that there were some sessions that are using high IO Activity. We were using AGS Sentinel and was able to see these sessions in RED colour in a heatmap (see attached). It will ...
8 months ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Under review

Different message when transaction time limit reached

When transaction duration limit is reached the following message occurs in the online log file 08:56:28 sid 11617 - test@server.domain.local - pid 6811 terminated because session transaction duration (60 seconds) has exceeded limit. This session i...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Future consideration