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Search results: Informix

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INFORMIX Servers Management table Auto Repair Tool

Database management table of (systables, sysindexes, syscolumns, etc..) information is damaged,The repair to us function when the consistency has become not be maintained.
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Only update rows in referenced tables only once per template repair (with p > 0), thus avoid deadlock & LongTX

Product in Use IBM Informix 11.70UC8X6Customer Information Duane GuthrieEmail: dguthrie@cisco.com Phone: 972-813-5115Sizing info TBDProduct Enhancement Request Abstract Request to only update rows in referenced tables (t1 and t2 here) only once ...
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Allow virtual rowid columns in fragmented by range tables

Allow rowid columns in tables fragmented by range or rolling window. Syntax "WITH ROWIDS" is already working but engine throws exception: Trying to execute: alter fragment on table pepe init with rowids fragment by range(fecmov) interval(interval(...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

better diagnostic for locale errors

We experience -21005 errors typically during loading data to the database. The error (undocumented) means that at least one character is not supported by database locale. Unfortunately it is not sufficient to correct input data fast: there is no f...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 1 Not under consideration

Informix Query Engine generates bad query/explain plan

There are situations where two or more columns from the same table are related to each other. For example, product_type and product_code from the products table are related, since only certain product_code values can be associated with a given pro...
almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

IWA: Adding a column in a table used on datamart shouldn't invalidate the datamart

If you alter the schema of a fact table used on datamart, adding a new column, the datamart is invalidated and you're forced to republish the datamart and reload the mart. The request is about not invalidating the datamart if you just add a new co...
over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 2 Delivered

SQLTable() does not like escape sequences in catalog name parameter

My application uses the IBM Informix ODBC driver.Issue with respect to ODBC call SQLTables.As per ODBC specifications for SQLTables, the catalogname can have escape sequences ('\').Say I have a database: db_en. In my call to SQLTables,char dbname[...
almost 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Not under consideration