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Search results: Informix Server

FOT Indexes to support multi-index scans

FOT Indexes to support multi-index scans
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server Under review

Enable HDR Secondary to perform archives

Modify HDR code to add a state whereby the secondary server can be allowed to perform ontape and onbar archives. Whether the server can remain in secondary mode or must be changed to an intermediary mode are both acceptable options, as long as the...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Future consideration

Have a Event alarm ID for allocating an new virtual shared memory segment

Add a EVENT_CLASS value for event of Server's dynamically allocating an new virtual shared memory segment
over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server Planned for future release

New feature to have FORCE_DDL_EXEC functionality for all DDL changes

The 12.10 manual states that the FORCE_DDL_EXEC environment variable can be used "to force out other transactions that have opened or have locks on the tables involved in an ALTER FRAGMENT ON TABLE operation". We'd like to see this functionality e...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Future consideration

add an option in Informix HQ to surpress alerts during HQ start up

When we have HQ monitoring in place on HQ agent status and IDS status, if we have server OS restart/rebuild, HQ alerts will be triggered. We prefer there could be an option to tell HQ not to generate alert during scheduled outage/scheduled server ...
7 months ago in Informix / Informix Server Submitted

Add object names to onstat -k output

Add object names to onstat -k output this should include partition part name where apropriate.
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Under review

Need an onmode option to terminate orphaned, tightly coupled global transactions. Onmode -Z does not address this case.

If a Java application that uses tightly coupled global transactions (such as from Geronimo / WebSphere app servers) abnormally terminates, it may leave the global transaction orphaned on the Informix database server. In this case, an onstat -G wil...
almost 13 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Not under consideration

Improve timestamp format in message and backup logs (ISO-8601)

Streaming messages to log ingestion systems, e.g. Elastic Stack, is a useful way of analysing logs and generating notifications when certain messages are seen. Displaying the messages in the right order when daylight saving switches occur is an is...
over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Future consideration

Add columnar indexes to Informix.

Other databases e.g. DB2 have columnar index support builtin, we would like that in Informix as well. use case the same as for DB2.
almost 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Future consideration

Indexable external tables

Create a new class of external table that can be indexed and accessed via index(es).
almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server Not under consideration