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Informix Server

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Backup from RSS or HDR Secondaries using ontape, onunload, onbar, dbexport

In HDR enviroments, being able to backup or export databases from and HDR, HDR read-only, or an RSS secondary server is critical. Programs like ontape, onunload, dbexport, and onbar generate locks on tables during backups and data-exports. This cr...
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Request immediate effect change of DBCREATE_PERMISSION parameter without restarting IDS instance.

I appreciated that security feature DBCREATE_PERMISSION parameter was introduced since IDS 10.00. I would like to request to enhance this feature to be dynamic whereby this parameter can be changed and taking immediate effect online with restartin...
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Show SQL Session ID on IWA tasks query "ondwa tasks"

Allow a method for an Administrator to link an IWA task with the correspondant SQL Statement. This could be done by showing the SQL SesId on "ondwa tasks" command or to add an onstat command to show the sessions and the IWA task ID when a task is ...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Compatibility to MySQL SQL Syntax - Omit unnecessary FROM Clause

MySQL provides some SQL syntax features which Informix does not provide. One example the customer mentioned was the possibility to omit the FROM clause: SELECT 4+5 ; Using Informix a from clause is necessary: SELECT 4+5 from sysmaster:sysdual;
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

IPL Index Build performance

On large Index Builds with LOG_INDEX_BUILDS enabled the performance of the IPL thread degrades drmatically if the whole index cannot be held in BUFFER CACHE. Once a required page is swapped out of BUFFER Cache then the IPL thread reads the require...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Implement CREATE OR REPLACE option for stored procedures

We are looking to deploy more code into the system hot, taking advantage of improvements have made to trap any -710 errors internally and re-parse transparent to the user session. Currently it is necessary to drop a procedure before creating a new...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

Mechanism needed to limit shared memory dumping per instance, similar to the per session limit available now

Shared memory dumping is disruptive in a production environment, particularly if the shared memory size is large. In our environment, many sessions can simultaneously encounter the same issue and so we are open to many shared memory dumps occurrin...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered