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Search results: Informix

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CTAS (Create Table As)

Implement "CTAS", i.e. the ability to create and populate a table based on another existing table. Common in other DBMSes (even Netezza!). CREATE TABLE dba1.item_new AS SELECT * FROM dba1.itemandCREATE TABLE dba1.item_new AS SELECT * FROM dba1.ite...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

PN_STAGEBLOB_THRESHOLD - Set to 1Mb when first table containing BYTE or TEXT is partitioned by Round Robin

Currently, the PN_STAGEBLOB_THRESHOLD onconfig parameter is not present in the standard onconfig file, therefore it defaults to zero. It's absence also means that most DBAs will not be aware of its existence and the potential pain they are in for...
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Improve CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION statement to allow encapsulation of any DDL command

Currently CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION can be used to encapsulate some DDL statements (see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGU8G_12.1.0/com.ibm.sqls.doc/ids_sqs_0483.htm) We would like this to be expanded to include other DDL statem...
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Extend currently allow maximum ER replicate count from 65,536 to 262,144 max limit.

We are an ERP based vendor and we maintain more than 2,500 tables per single database. Some of our bigger costomers maintain around 100 such required databases for various activities. We are planning to migrate/upgrade our customer servers with ne...
almost 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

SYSSQLTRACE SHOULD STORE HOST VARIABLES VALUE

When trying to use SQLTRACE to audit queries, in HIGH Mode, host variables are not saved in the system catalog syssqltrace table, but in the onstat -g his output. Customer needs that information in the system tables as their audit job, loads syssq...
almost 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Functionality already exists

create a foreign key allowing one to one tables relationships

Our Primary Key and Foreign key constraints always have allowed creaing and ensuring '1 to many' table relationships. After researching, there is no direct way to implement such a case with Informix. The only safe way is to create a primary key on...
about 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

TBLSpace can not be sized on temporary tables

Trying to use -ef and -en to size the TBLSpace on a system that use a lot to temp tables but the command fails. This is correct functionaility. Various docs/presentation etc existing stating that better performance can be gained from sizing the TB...
about 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Request to provide support for DELIMIDENT in CDC

The feature request has been submitted earlier. Re-submitted the request again via RFE tool to track on the status. Can you please provide an update. CQ# idsdb00249320 RTC# 23793 Request to provide support for DELIMIDENT in CDC Need support for do...
about 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow TRUNCATE on table with users access

As detailed on Informix Manual , the truncate statement is considered DDL and not DML and not allow execute it even if there dirty reads over the table.The request: Allow run the truncate over a table even if there users reading the table.
over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Support for ON UPDATE CASCADE

Use case: There is a table called release with a primary key id of type integer and an additional column name (the release name). And further tables (e.g. table_x, table_y, …) with a reference (foreign key) to release.id. The working tables are ta...
over 6 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Future consideration