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Search results: Informix

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Unable to Remove Previous Informix FC version from Windows Programs and Features

I tried to install the Informix Fix Pack in another folder as instructed by IBM support. However the Informix FC version stays the same and there is a an error or bug in uninstalling the previous Informix FC versions from the Windows Programs and ...
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Is a defect

Informix HQ Enhancement

We are checking if we can use Informix HQ for our Production system. We have noticed Informix HQ doesn't have AD integration on it. There's not much auditing /logging on what has changed on the Informix HQ.
almost 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

Informix ESQL/C ifx_var_getdata() should do charset conversion when binding with CLVCHARPTRTYPE

Environment: Linux Debian 10.7 or Windows 10 Informix server: IDS-14.10.FC5 Informix client: CSDK 4.50.FC5 With the DB in UTF-8 (DB_LOCALE = en_us.utf8) and client app in another character encoding (CLIENT_LOCALE=en_us.8859-15): When fetching an L...
about 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 3 Delivered

AKS Support - connect AKS cluster(.NET web api) to onprem Informix database

We have simple code connecting to on prem Informix datbase. This code is build as Linux container(using .NET Core Visual Studio) and deployed this container on Azure Kubernetes Service. Seeng this error when querying web api. "Unable to load DLL d...
over 3 years ago in Informix 1 Is a defect

Clear Indication when RSS_FLOW_CONTROL or SDS_FLOW_CONTROL is actively applied

When RSS_FLOW_CONTROL or SDS_FLOW_CONTROL are set to a value other than -1 Informix will try to limit log activity on the primary server so that the secondary servers do not fall too far behind. There is no easy way to know or report on when this ...
almost 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

Column level encryption, an option to cleanup passwords on certain/all rows for DBSO or Informix

All users which are granted permissions for insert/modify data into tables are also allowed to use their own password for column level data encryption. But not all user are their whole lifetime in the company and move. What happened with their ...
about 4 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Optional expiration date for default role

In modern environments with a minimum need of data protection it is mandatory to set an expiration date to user accounts. Informix heavily depends on the user management of the underlying OS. In real life users have access to different database...
almost 5 years ago in Informix 1 Not under consideration

HQ to show Informix server edition, version and fixpack version

Basic info useful in a heterogeneous deployment
almost 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Delivered

Informix server ad 4GL tools support for Power 9 RH-Linux Little Endian

From Mexico business partner - my interpretation and of the clients of the information available, is that a strategy unification is missing, this generates a gray zone of the feasibility of the product, the Linux area in Power is addressing LE and...
about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered

informix enterprise under SLES15

We would like to know when it's the earliest date for SLES15 to be officially supported for Informix enterprise
over 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Delivered