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Search results: Informix Server

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    Permit blocking checkpoints on secondary nodes when raw tables exist on the primary node.

    Currently we cannot issue a blocked checkpoint on a secondary (RSS in our case) when there exists raw tables on the primary node. We use raw tables heavily for admin jobs (mostly for the selection processing of archiving/purging jobs) to avoid swa...
    almost 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Archecker table level restore utility does not compatible of handling Informix engine complex table schema clauses

    Individual Table restoration 'archecker' utility only support simple schema definition contents as the schema file. However, Informix engine support complex clauses when setting up a table. E.g. When fragmenting a table based on interval based fra...
    almost 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Under review

    cdr migrate should allow code-set migration

    If a customer needs to change the locale of a database, wants to standardize to a common locale etc then the only option is to unload the data and reload. On small databases this might be possible but for 99% of the real systems this is impractica...
    about 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Provide more granular database-level privileges than just CONNECT, RESOURCE and DBA

    We have a requirement to support a code deployment role where a user, whose job role is not a DBA, can release code into a given database. The type of things they would be doing is:* Creating and dropping procedures, synonyms, triggers, indices an...
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    UTF8 should be handled in background instead of setting SQL_LOGICAL_CHAR

    More and more customers have to include data from all over the world. The solution for this is UTF8, but for now this feature does not work in the background and add space if needed. The feature is implemented using SQL_LOGICAL_CHAR as configurati...
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Dbexport/dbimport validate *_LOCALE vars before accessing data files

    When working with UTF8 database, DB_LOCALE and CLIENT_LOCALE are required to interact correctly with the databases. This RFE is about issuing a warning to the DBA when doing a dbexport/dbimport with CLIENT_LOCALE unset, especially when DB_LOCALE i...
    about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Automatic conversion of ifx_loc_t (TEXT/BYTE) to/from ifx_lo_t (CLOB/BLOB)

    We have legacy ESQL/C code using ifx_loc_t to handle TEXT/BYTE columns. Customers want now to replace TEXT/BYTE by CLOB/BLOB columns in the database... and we would avoid to touch our ESQL/C code. Informix can support simple type conversion. For e...
    over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Storing Large Objects in file sytem

    Feature similar to Oracle "bfile" data type. Store the large object in file system.
    over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

    Add Readonly Database Connection Support

    It would be beneficial to have a readonly connection when accessing the database from third party software. Many products provide the ability to connect via JDBC but they also have the ability to make changes. Example LibreOffice Base can be setup...
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Defragment for a dbspace

    Add at the 'DEFRAGMENT' SQL Api , the option to defragment an entire dbspace. We have set in our environment tables and partitions with historical data, so, they are tables or partitions who have any changes (include/excluded data). Most of th...
    almost 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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