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DB taking delay of 15 min to get connected.
It's in the ONCONFIG file. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:57 PM, SIDDHARTH RAVINDRAN <siravind@cisco.com> wrote: > > Hi Edcel, > > Thank you for the swift response, could you please let me know where I can > find the configuration parameter NS_CACHE ? > > Thanks, > …
DRDA redirection to HDR primary
Hi Doug, I vaguely remember having dealt with this, my notes having things like alternateserverlist and enableAlternateServerListFirstConnect and a pointer to https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5.x?topic=njcshads-non-java-client-support-high-availability-connections-informix-serv…
Changing DBSPACETEMP run-time
Hi, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC5XE Please, is there a way to change DBSPACETEMP for a session inside 4GL? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
Manual Switch Primary , Secondary while RSS exist
ABeMie Absolutely agree with @David Williams; Do not wait for your RSS node to checkpoint before you convert your original Primary into your new HDR Secondary if you do not want to untangle spaghetti. If you think you will not be able to complete the switch before the CKPTINTVL…
Strange message in online.log
Hi Snorri, this message can safely be ignored. Its main intent is to ensure a certain mini-feature (irrelevant to most) is configured equally on primary and all its secondaries - which it will be if you don't have this (intentionally undocumented) parameter in any of the server's…
ADO - activex data object
What do I require, to connect "ado activex data object" to Informix ? AIX 7.2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC9W1 Regards Dirk…
HDR simulation and docs
Hi, I am developing one project to have several HDR replicas over version 12.10.xC12 from customers, as I have seen over ONCONFIG there are several new parameters concerning replication Where can I find recent documentation about this and also any step by step guide to follow? Th…
Windows User Authentication
Hi all I need help with user authentication with an Informix Server 12.10.FC12 on windows 2016 server. I wonder why I do _not_ need a windows user to connect to a database on that informix server. I have granted the user, let's name him "xxx", connect to the on and only databa…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
Continous logical log backup stuck - primary
Hi Marcus, yes, the the log backup is done in a directory, all the permissions are ok. It's the same as the other FC7 informix ha cluster that I configured beside few onconfig parameters, not related to backups. Thanks, Steven.…
IDS 12.10.FC8 AIX 7.1 VPCLASS autotune=1
Ended up setting both in the onconfig: AUTO_AIOVPS 1 VPCLASS aio,num=2,noage,autotune=1 Got the following information on startup from oninit -vy not the online.log Reading configuration file '/ifmx/ids/etc/onconfig'...Warning: VPCLASS setting for aio class overrides AUTO_AIOVP…
Informix and speculative execution
Hi all, I have seen speculative execution patches for Firefox and SQL Server. Are there speculative execution patches for Informix in progress? There is no IBM Flash for Informix Dynamic Server and speculaative execution! Regards, David.…
25590: Authentication error.
Pete Yes the users are identified to the OS. They can connect to the server. If I issue and 'id username' where username is a user from AD, yes I get a valid response containing the uid and the gid -----Message d'origine----- De : ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.or…
Looking for experiences with the ILMT
Those of you running Informix in sub-capacity mode, I=E2=80=99m = interested in your experiences with the IBM licensing tool monitoring = your environment =E2=80=94 the ILMT. Resources required, installation = and ongoing administration, experience using, value derived etc. Pleas…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
Creation of another IDS instance
Dear All, In my CentOS 7 linux server we installed IDS 12.10FC8. Now we need another instance for another database project. How to do this. I am very new to Informix. 1. What steps need to follow. 2. What are the prerequisites. 3. How to differentiate both configuration files l…
Connection Manager configuration
Hi All, I implemented High availability data replication (HDR) on my two dedicated servers. They are working fine. Presently they are configured as manual switchover. Now we want to make this a automatic failover. I had searched in goolge and finally came to know that is Connect…
Automatic Failure in HDR Setup
Sample cmsm.cfg.* files in $INFORMIXDIR/etc, together with the docs, would = be a good starting point. From: "MUKESH TANUKU" <mukeshbt1328@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 13.06.2017 13:20 Subject: Automatic Failure in HDR Setup [39357] Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org Hello All…
Connect informix using Active Directory account
Did you alter the ONCONFIG file to pass the authentication out to the domain? I believe you still need to add CHECKALLDOMAINSFORUSER 1 to the ONCONFIG in order to have IDS pass the user authentication out to the Windows domain controllers. Best regards, Martin M. Graney Queues E…
HDR Solution
Hi, Look like RSS is a best option to us. "RSS secondaries is very easy. Detailed instructions are in the Administrator's Guide PDF manual and the online IBM InfoCenter site." Can you share link/noted as our reference to setup RSS follow best practices implementation. If we h…
Free Webcast - Informix Disks & Database Layout 3/
Be sure to register the next free webcast "Disks and Database Layout", presented by Art Kagel on Thursday, 3/30/17 at 2 PM EST. Register at: http://advancedatatools.com/Informix/NextWebcast.html This is the 3rd in our continuing series of Informix Best Practices webcasts. If y…
IDS on Mac
What versions? I just installed 12.10.FC8 on a couple of Mac OSX 10.12.2 using console mode. The InstallAnywhere is very broken. You need to right version of the Jave SDK...., make sure you command line prompt does not have characters that might break the install and you have a w…
Shared Disk Secondary
Hi Reinhard, I wasn't sure from your original post whether administration mode (onmode -j) would obviate the need to shut down the primary. Regardless, looking at your requirements I wonder if SDS is the best fit for you. The system is designed to provide high availability of t…
IDS 12.1- Query cost High
Hi, Based on our query cost ids 11.10 return 00:00:39 second and ids 12.10 return 05:34.13 second. A lot of different running on ids 11.10 and ids 12.10. I try found this parameter "OPT_SEEK_FACTOR" on onconfig file ids 12.10, but not exists. If we want add this parameter, what…
IDS 12.10.FC- Installation
Hi. I reinstall again informix and not more issues or serial number.Now i just reduce our physical dbspace & as log as your advice to bring up informix online. I will restore data from old version informix (11.50) into latest version informix (12.10) using #ontape command. Aft…
12.10.FC6 Mac port released
IBM Informix 12.10.FC6 release for Mac OS is officially available! John F. Miller III STSM, Lead Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-747-1366 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)…
OAT User Question
Morn'n Folks, IDS=11.70.FC8XB8 O/S=AIX 6.1 I am in the predicament of administering Informix on environments that I do not know the informix password on. I do have sudo rights to informix and functions that I need as root. I am setting up OAT and "thought" that by setting ADMIN…
RE: hosts.equiv and rlogin
Hi, setting hosts.equiv for Informix has nothing to do with enabling/disabling rsh/rcmd. You do not need to have the services installed. Informix will search hosts.equiv for its own authentication and trust users from the named machines. In case you do not want to have Informix…
User auditing
Your question is a bit confusing (for me at least). You mention auditing and external users. These are completely separate topics... But if I interpreted your question correctly you're saying all your users share the same OS account. And that you would like to have individual use…
Faster Dbimport
Hello Forum People! What is the best ONCONFIG configuration file for a dbimport a database that has a size of 60GB flat format ?. The server is an IBM x366 with a quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and fiber channel disks 2 Gbits / second. The engine is a Windows TD6 IDS 7.31. …
Windows Authentication for Informix Mapped Users
This is the Part 2 to my earlier question on how to permit Win Active Directory authenticated user to access Informix. I have initial guidance from Fernando Nunes to use the 'Mapped Users' feature available on Informix v11.70.FC7. I also have a high level understanding now of ho…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
Re: ADMIN_USER_MODE_WITH_DBSA
Hi, What version of Informix are you running? The purpose of the ADMIN_USER_MODE_WITH_DBSA and ADMIN_MODE_USERS parameters is to determine who can connect to the instance in single user mode. Docs here: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v117/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
when use IfxDataReader.GetIfxDateTime to NULL valu
Hello, The version of Informix products in my environment is: Database server: AIX IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC5 IBM Informix CSDK Version 2.90 IBM-ESQL Version 2.90.FC4 Client: PC Windows IBM Informix-ESQL 3.70.TC5DE.…
Error building 'sysmaster' database
Hello everyone, I am a new user with informix. I am trying to configure and initialize informix server. But I have the error with "oninit -ivy" command. The message in online logs as the following: 17:31:16 Error building 'sysmaster' database. 17:31:16 See '/tmp/buildsmi.26451'…
CREATE USER vows
11.70.FC7 / Linux I'm looking into internal db authentication. According to the manual "When the USERMAPPING parameter is set, internal user authentication takes precedence over OS authentication" I have USERMAPPING set to BASIC. I tried this out: create database testusr with …
IDS with GSSAPI SSO
I have a scenario where I'm connecting to Informix using a GSSAPI login from a Windows 7 workstation to a RHEL6.2 server running IDS 11.70FC6GE (or 11.7FC5W1) The central authentication system is Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm intermittently getting Error 25590 …
Local vs. LDAP Informix Account
I was wrong in my earlier email. I briefly glanced at the message as a plane door was literally about to close and thought it applied to all Informix access, not just the Informix account in specific. Now that I have a chance to re-read, in context, I must make a correction. For …
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
Why cant I create a database in a dbspace ?
Do you see datadbs I the onstat -d report or in sysmaster:sysdbspaces? How did you add the datadbs dbspace? Art On Dec 10, 2012 10:58 AM, "FRANK J. COMPUTER" <frank_in_pr@hotmail.com> wrote: > 11.70.FC6 Developer Edition on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit: > > Downloaded via IIUG link an…
Error -556 on @ reference
In IDS_A have a stored procedure do_some that has a insert into a local table. In IDS_B have a stored procedure do_some that does: call base@IDS_A:do_some(); Calling this sp works ok. In IDS_C i try to run: call base@IDS_B:do_some(); Fails with error -556 Cannot create, drop,…
CPU informix
how to configure CPU with informix. For example, if i have 1 CPU with 4 cores and i want to assign only 2 cores. What is the correct parameter on onconfig file for this? Thank you for your answers.…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
more information Domain: st-network.maf.govt.nz from config file SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a server instance DBSERVERNAME apecert_ST # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES apecert_ST_drda # List of alternate dbserver n the error C:\\\\Users\\\\oliverk-a…
Re: Strange behaviour when using a view in 11.....
Art, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have temp spaces configured. I did not have a normal dbspace in my DBSPACETEMP list, only had temporary dbspaces. I added one, restarted informix, and rootdbs still filled. The client had nothing set for DBSPACETEMP. I even tried added the same…
Configure IDS 11.50 to avoid sorts going disk or t
Good afternoon, Is there a configuration setting in ONCONFIG file to prevent sorts and other temporary operations from using files? Several sorts are creating temp or scratch files in $INFORMIXDIR/tmp. Can those operations be doing in memory instead of on disk? If so, how do you…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
Re: Single-User Administrative Mode
Have the user connect using an explicit login and password instead of an implicit connection. That may help. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my o…
Single-User Administrative Mode
Red, Thank you. Yes that would also work. This this would be needed on an ongoing basis I simply added it to the onconfig (ADMIN_MODE_USERS) as Kernoal suggested. Thank you, --Dave On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:08 AM, red_valsen <red_valsen@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Feb 20, 1:07 …
enterprise replication time to replicate data
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 Question for enterpise experts Does anyone know a command that will give me time that it takes to replicate data to a node? for example i update on server a and it replicates to server b . How long did it take? cdr view profile gives …
Implementing Pluggable Auth Module for dbaccess
Why do you need this? Do you need to have trusted connections to the database? If not, just disable trusted connections in SQLHOSTS options field and voila... all your connections will require a password. Regards On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:59 PM, ANEES AHMAD <aanees@i2cinc.com> …
Re: 11.70xC3 conversion
Thanks, Art, but now the service won’t keep running. The log has this: 14:53:34 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. 14:53:34 Warning: The IBM IDS Innovator-C Edition license restriction limits 14:53:34 the total shared memory size for this server to 2097152 KB. 14:53:34 The …
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
How about to authenticate without OS account?
How to implement authentication without OS accounts? Hello I have a question about the authentication of users. Database: Informix 11.70FC1 Operating System: SUSE SLES 11.1 Preconditions: - Users must be identified fully via informix - acceptably creating a surrogate system u…
11.70, drda & ldap
Hello, did anybody install 11.70 with ldap authentication and connect client with drda? I installed 11.70, ldap and users can connect with "normal" sqli (with PAM), but I can't configure drda access. Does anybody have cookbook or something similar? Regards, Hrvoje…
Tool to estimate the size of an index
Sorry, I forgot to provide the version of the installation: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC4 Operative System: AIX Version 6.1…
IDS 11.50 (Linux + PAM with MS AD)
Good morning, Yes, I've done proof-of-concept work with OpenLDAP, eDirectory (Novell), MS-Active Directory tests as authentication source for CX & Informix. Informix works fine with LDAP authentication, however, CX runs into problems with ldap-libs in the PAM authentication stac…
Import restore issue
Hi, I did import restore and it requires some configuration from the source DB instance...ixbar.xx, onconfig, sqlhosts. ixbar.xx -- this compose of the backup you have done and the ISM will ask about this if you restore. if it's too big, trim it on the date you want to restore…
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
INFORMIX CONFIGURATION
The configuration is in the file located at $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. If you don't have that environment variable set in your shell run onstat -c which will print the currently running configuration along with the path to the ONCONFIG file. Don't know what a DBS configuration i…
Re: Does the no online table schema changes in growth edition mean what I think it means?
No, it just means that the Growth Edition engine will acquire (and require) an exclusive lock on the table in order to add indexes, etc. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that m…
Does the no online table schema changes in growth edition mean what I think it means?
Does that mean you have to bring a growth edition engine down to administrative mode to do an "ALTER TABLE" or even a "RENAME COLUMN" ? Thanks, Todd M. Roy _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and…
What's the diference between IDS modes?
What is Administrator mode?…
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
There are no more checkpoints in the onine.log oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.inf…
Informix Dynamic Server Software Downloads
It appears IBM has cleverly hidden the IDS downloads again on the Passport Advantage Website, at least from my prying eyes. I can find the Solid DB and the DB2 links just fine. Does anyone out there in IIUG-land with a Passport Advantage account know where IBM has stashed the dow…
What is the difference oninit and onmode
oninit -i - initialize disk structures and shared memory and start the instance to multi-user mode. oninit -s - initialize shared memory and start the instance up to quiescent mode. No users may connect. oninit -j - initialize shared memory and start the instance up to administra…
HDR
You should be able to just start your instances in the primary and secondary modes as they were when you took them off-line and the logs will catch up the secondary from the primary, if the logs on the primary have not been written over. Thanks, *********************************…
OPTCOMPIND and perl
Anyone know if I can change OPTCOMPIND after establishing a DB connection or does it need to be set before connecting? ta SLES10 SP1 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5…
RE: Connection Pooling with the .NET Provider on IIS
Sigh. Souka ... Again, I have to say this... you need to think about what you are saying. With respect to MC, you're jumping in to how a web app authenticates and how it tracks a user via its session information. (Note: Depending on how complex you want to get, you can track a …
Re: Connection Pooling with the .NET Provider on IIS
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:09:14 +0100 > From: mc@community.nospam > Subject: Re: Connection Pooling with the .NET Provider on IIS > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > grendal wrote: > > On Jun 15, 6:16 pm, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: …
Connection Pooling with the .NET Provider on IIS
MC, Your complaint is that a connection pool does what a connection pool is supposed to do. Essentially you're telling the waitress that you want a stack of pancakes and a coffee, and when she brings your order, you complain that its a stack of pancakes and a coffee. ;-) In str…
Connection Pooling with the .NET Provider on IIS
I have developed an Intranet IIS web application that is configured to use Windows Authentication against our Active Directory. The sites run with identity impersonation so all connections against the database SHOULD use the the credentials of the original user who requested the …
server startup
Is this the way you have things configured? (I got this from your earlier posts): DBSERVERNAME ol_ids_1150_1 # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES svc_drda # List of alternate dbserver names and sqlhosts has svc_ids_1150_1 onsoctcp host svc_ids_1150_1 The first col…
RE: Can't connect to database - Unknown error message 84
On Apr 30, 11:43 am, Richard Spitz <Richard.Sp...@med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> schrieb: > > >This is weird in that Informix does use the local machine's authentication methods, > >unless you tell it to use a specific authentication method…
Informix Dynamic Server Scheduler question
Hi! I'm working on a project at my faculty. It's a java desktop application with an informix database. I have a problem using informix dynamic server scheduler. I have a particular table in my database. This table contains records that are inserted by the desktop aplication I'm …
Trouble connecting to IDS 11.5 development server using SQuirrel SQL with IDS JDBC driver.
> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:16:00 +0100 > From: goddai01@hotmail.co.uk > Subject: Re: Trouble connecting to IDS 11.5 development server using SQuirrel SQL with IDS JDBC driver. > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Sigh. > > Sigh indeed > > > > > /etc/hosts…
Must be a DBSA to run this program
Hello We need to perform some administrative activity like "onmode -sky ,oninit" for this purpose we are using following configuration parameter, but we are unable to perform these activities and got error "Must be a DBSA to run this program". ADMIN_USER_MODE_WITH_DBSA 1 ADMIN_…
Re: -952 Authentication Error on Solaris 10
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Superboer, > order to get a -952 issue, its a server generated issue. So maybe its > a configuration issue in ODBC? Like the password isn't coming across > ok or that the user doesn't have connect privileges with the specified > db? (And that could be …
IDS 9.40 End of Support Imminent
I have seen a number of posts on CDI recently related to IDS 9.40 As per the announcement on September 7th 2007, effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw support from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 9…
Change the informix database to read only
You have read-only mode during HDR replication as the secondary from the primary, which is On-line mode . *************************************** Ernie Knox Sears Holding Co. IT Database Administrator Specialist 3333 Beverly Rd., B4-266A Hoffman Estates, IL. 60179 Office: (847) …
Unix Environment values from SPL/UDR
On Oct 6, 4:15 pm, "Rob Burba" <inf4glg...@gmail.com> wrote: > My mission is to find a way for the stored procedures to get the "real" user > id (the $LOGIN environment variable) since the "user" value returned by the > engine is the service account name rather than the real use…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
Informix error -1809 authentication to LDAP-UX
Has anyone successfully have Informix IDS 10.00.HC5 authenticating to LDAP-UX? This question has come up before on the list archives, but I wasn=B9t able to find a resolution/suggestion that would work. I have an HPUX 11.23 64-bit box running IDS 10.00.HC5. I have LDAP-UX correc…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
b-tree scanner tuning and expected behavior
Hi all, I don't know exactly what configuration details you need, but I already posted this: 1. We have IDS 9.40FCX (we have some instances with 10.00XC8, too, but no problems with them) 2. No configuration at all in onconfig that makes any reference to BTSCANNER 3. We started ma…
CONFIGURATION ONAUDIT-IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I need to configure onaudit and onshowaudit able to register for each of the consultations that are made to the database, either through dbaccess, ODBC or another application. I've been reviewing the IBM Informix Trusted Facility Guide, but I was not working. What param…
How to use Informix Dynamic Server
I have installed trial version of "Informix IDS Dynamic Server Developer Edition 11.5 for Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 32bit Version 1150TC1DE". But i am new to informix. Can anyone explain how to use IDS in detail.…
Simple logical log question
Hi everyone. With IDS 9.4 database does the following mean that one should add more logical logs, or perhaps make some onconfig change? Is it serious? Thanks...... Warning - The log space appears to be configured too small for use with Enterprise Replication (ER). ER may requir…
Re: OLEDB connection and AD Windows
Fernando Nunes <spam@onlinedomus.net> schrieb: >But my whole point is this, and i'm not saying I cannot be wrong: > >If you configure the underlying OS to authenticate against an LDAP server, than >normal IDS connections (not the ones on PAM enable DBSERVERALIAS) should be >able…
OLEDB connection and AD Windows
Fernando Nunes <spam@onlinedomus.net> schrieb: >Fernandez Garcia, Domingo wrote: >> We would like to configure our dataserver so that our users authenticate >> in the server with their domain (AD) user, no needing the local user. We >> do this with PAM. We connect the O.S. but i…
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Informix onconfig file configuration
Hello, We recently moved from a quad proc (hyper threaded to 8), 8GB RAM to a 2 socket dual core, 16GB RAM server. In order to maximize the cores and RAM what entries need to be modified, if any? Thanks, Jared…
Update from Digital 7.31.FD1to ....
Back to one of the origional issues, performace goes South when there are 150 users on the box. Believe this issue has been discussed before, how many NETTYPE threads can be configured of each configured CPU. You have configured 3 CPU's but list: NETTYPE soctcp,8,50,NET # Config…
How to use PAM authentication on IDS 9.40UC7
Hi, you need to find out, which PAM service is the one that is used on your system for the authentication with AD. I don't think it is the one named "other". (I think the "other" PAM service is only for authentication utilizing the normal UNIX mechanisms with /etc/passwd and /et…
IDS 11 sds problem
Hi: I installed IDS sds in SUN OS 5.9, I initialize the primary and SDS server successful. I could execute some query from SDS server, But after I ran some applicaton in the primary server, The sds server disconnect from the primary server. In the online.log , IDS report the fol…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Re: Informix beats Oracle
Mark Jamison wrote: > Hi t, > > I'm not Serge, but the answer to that is yes. > > As of 11.10, you can have pessimistic-locking, or optimistic locking. > > Entirely configurable at the instance level. > > The onconfig parameter is > > USELASTCOMMITTED > As I wrote answering to S…
Re: admin tools like PC client
Mike, What version of Informix are you using? Informix SE? Informix OnLine? Informix Dynamic Server? Most Informix versions these days come with a product call I-Connect that needs to be installed on the PC and rovides the Informix ODBC drivers.…
Error when initializing
06:36:20 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version [b]10.00.UC6TL[\\b] I believe this is likelt ot be a new ish instance to a newish user of the software…
IDS authentication question
Rogers, Here are my case notes from the same problem. Have tech support look up the bug number mentioned below. Here is the bug description, remember that this is a 9.40 bug, so 10.0 is not mentioned Bug: 170784 DIFFERENCE IN AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN 32 AND 64 BIT AIX ENGINES D…
Auditing not started in 7.31.UD1
Hi! Why isn't auditing activated, when starting the database server whit oninit, with the following settings in ONCONFIG? ADTMODE 1 # Auditing mode ADTPATH /tmp # Directory where audit trails will be written by OnLine ADTSIZE 500…
Initializing rhead structure...oninit: DBSERVERNAME 'cfms' not in sqlhosts file or sqlhosts file contents are damaged.
"onconfig.std" is used as a template for creating configuration files. If you only have one informix instance the configuration file is typically called just "onconfig". There's an environment variable called "ONCONFIG" which points to the configuration. If not set informix will …
Re: ODBC credentials and/or PAM
>From: Ramesh G Srinivasan <ramesrin@in.ibm.com> >Return-Path: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Mar 2007 05:21:34.0433 (UTC) >FILETIME=[CAB31510:01C76B78] > >Andrew, > >There is support for Informix on PAM. > Sort of. Depends on which version of the engi…
problems with Informix dynamic server 9.4 @ WIndows 2003
I have problems with connecting the server. I use correct user/password to connect to the server, but the server do not known the server. I'm sure the user exist and is one of the user in Informix_Admin group. I have installed Informix dynamic server 9.4 in a windows xp system in…
Re: Understanding LDAP or MS Active Directory authenticationand Informix
Hi Darren, I know you may not be in the position to upgrade but 10.00.FC6 on PA-RISC 11.11 and greater supports 64 bit PAM ----- Original Message ---- From: "Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com" <Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com> To: Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> Cc: informix-list-boun…
Re: Understanding LDAP or MS Active Directory authenticationand Informix
Whoa! First, the LDAP support is through PAM modules. (RTFM) Informix uses the OS to verify its users. If the OS supports PAM (HP-UX, Solaris, LINUX(s), and I believe AIX), then when you make the authentication call to the OS, it goes through the PAM chain that the OS uses. W…
Re: Understanding LDAP or MS Active Directory authentication and Informix
Fernando, Thanks for the response and link. I believe I have a handle on how the user would be authenticated to the OS. I guess my confusion is how do you manage db object permssions in the db if the user does not exist. Someone mentioned that the user would connect via publi…
Re: Understanding LDAP or MS Active Directory authentication and Informix
In Linux I can get the Informix engine to authenticate a user via LDAP through PAM by adding the following options to my server's sqlhosts entry s=4,pam_serv=(system_auth),pamauth=(password) You can find some more info here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10…
RE: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
On Feb 14, 1:11 pm, venkatredd...@gmail.com wrote: > I tried using oncheck -pe <dbspace name> and got the following > message > > WARNING: Cannot access configuration file $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. > > V Make sure $INFORMIXDIR and $ONCONFIG are set and that you have permissio…
Re: onconfig
Hello, apart from editing ONCONFIG directly, some parameters are dynamically changeable: Usage: onparams ... -m <param> <value> ... -m - Modify the value of one of the following configuration parameters: AFFAIL, AFCRASH, AFW…
change LTAPEDEV in onlne mode
See a similar discussion on comp.databases.informix last week. It seems that most recent versions allow you to change LTAPEDEV to anything but /dev/null on the fly just be editing the ONCONFIG file and bouncing any running ontape -c instances. According to the IDS 10.00 Administr…
syssqlstat from users
Hello: Now in version 10.FC5, the users can't execute 'select ' from table syssqlstat. In other version it's posible execute this select , but in 10 version only informix user can execute it. There is a environ varible for another users ?? It's Onconfig configuration??…
Dumping all tables to separate files
wes.faul@gmail.com wrote: > I have no experience with Informix, but am looking for some > suggestions. I need to dump out tables from an Informix database to > text files. Individual files per table would be ideal. Like I said, I > have no experience with Informix, and IBM's s…
JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log #
HI, I believe after I configured : VPCLASS jvp,num=1 # Number of JVPs to start with in my onconfig file, then, it keep attaching the following lines to my onconfig file, JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log # JVP log file. JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jv…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Re: Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Clive Eisen wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Yes the buffer overflow issues are a pain and frankly they shouldn't occur > > if IBM did formal code reviews. Or rather they should be caught and > > corrected prior to release. > > > > "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in m…
Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Not sure if this has posted here or not but .... http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=D600&u id=swg21242921&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THER…
25590: Authentication error
Hi, When trying to connect to a database through dbaccess on Unix, I keep getting this error message 25590: Authentication error I have tried the below steps. - Made sure that the root of O/S and Informix user passwords are same - Restarted the DB in informix login - Checked t…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Table Editor for Multiplatforms
Enhancements in Version 4.3 ..... also supports the Informix Dynamic Server 9.x. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2te/…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
Fill Factor in database used with baan
Hi all, OS: Windows NT Database: Informix IDS 9.2x ERP: BaaN B40c.66 checking for the onconfigs of the company i am working for... i have found that the two server are configured with FILLFACTOR 60... is this something BaaN is recommending are there any reasons for not having …
ODBC connection w IDS10 on RHEL4
My server is RHEL4 with IDS10. I can not connect from PC using ODBC. CSDK 2.81, 2.90 and Server Studio JE 5.1 were installed on PC. The followind driver's info are displayed in ODBC Dara Source Administrator - IBM INFORMIX 3.82 32 BIT 3.82.00.11499 and IBM INFORMIX ODBC DRIVER 2.…
Re: IDS 10 - documentation questions
Oops! I mean IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.TC3ET Althought the release notes (idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html) start with:- "Release Notes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition for Windows Platforms 10.00.TC3E, 1 July 2005 " so it is TC3E or TCE3T? and …
Re: Sql to concatenate multiple rows to a single row / column
Thank you SaltTan - it works beautifully. BTW, we have IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6.…
Re: Slow ODBC Connection
On 11/12/05, Ekstrand, Pam <Pam.Ekstrand@oneneck.com> wrote: > We have users who have just starting connecting to our informix 9.40FC4 > database using informix ODBC drivers and they are experiencing 20 to > 30-second connect times. When they try to connect, the online.log shows…
Long transaction aborted in Informix IDS 7.31
the specific onconfig variables to review are LTXHWM and LTXEHWM, howvere if you don't have enough logical logs configured to cope with the transaction these parameters will not help and you could end up in a bigger mess such that the transaction will NOt rollback and your server…
Re: Configuring remote tcp connections.
Hi, I've got this line on my $ONCONFIG file: NETTYPE ipcshm,1,120,CPU # Configure Poll thread for nettype I need this line. How can I define other NETTYPE values? Can you show me an example of two distinct configurations? Regards, Nuno Paquete…
Re: informix - tool like SQL server profiler
"Davorin Kremenjas" <davorin.kremenjas@srce.hr> schrieb: >All other users are users created on Active Directory and Informix (or >better said, Solaris) authenticates those users using NIS connection to >Active Directory. >So where their sqlexplain.out files go? Nowhere, because …
RE: Change database mode online using onmode in Informix
onmode -m takes the database server from quiescent or single-user mode to online mode. To bring the server from off-line to on-line, you should just use the oninit command. You could use the oninit -s to initialise shared memory and bring the server to single-user mode and then…
New IDS Forum on IBM Developerworks website
This forum provides a place for Informix Dynamic Server developers and users to share their questions, thoughts, and ideas with others. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=548&cat=19…
Creating a temp dbspace failing on RedHat ES 4.0
Thanks for all the replies, and huge thanks to Sandor Szabo who got this working. 1. Set an enviroment variable INFORMIXSHMBASE to -1 2. In the ONCONFIG, set SHMBASE to 0x44000000 After that it all works fine. Details from Sandor: RHEL 3 Update 3 added a new feature "Exec Shi…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
RE: DBTEMP
For temporary files ids will use: PSORT_DBTEMP if not defined he will check DBSPACETEMP environment var, if not defined will check DBSPACETEMP in the ONCONFIG, if not defined will use /tmp. used for the following operations: ORDER BY/GROUP BY UNIQUE/DISTINCT, SORT-MERGE-Join, …
Informix err -25573
I've seen something similar on SUN systems when we lost some form of networking (a gateway changed for instance) and user authentication slowed down enormously. I have no idea what this would mean in an AIX environment though or how to sleuth it. If you log into such a server man…
Re: Another Permissions question
Hi, the database "sysuser" is relatively new (introduced with 9.40) and is only used to enable authentication for remote connections from client applications that cannot handle PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) challenges. E.g. I-Star connections are such scenarios. This me…
Re: Another Permissions question
Hi, the database "sysuser" is relatively new (introduced with 9.40) and is only used to enable authentication for remote connections from client applications that cannot handle PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) challenges. E.g. I-Star connections are such scenarios. This me…
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
IDS 10 Download?
"Administering the Database Server in Single-User Mode As a Database Administrator, you can use a new single-user mode that is an intermediary mode between quiescent mode and online mode." Is that like XPS's micro-kernel mode?…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: alarmprogram.sh
Hi, I assume you are not using the same $ONCONFIG file for both instances (dev and prod). So in the prod's $ONCONFIG file you can specify a different alarmprogram. Parameters ALARMPROGRAM and SYSALARMPROGRAM both take an absolut path as value, so you can specify a different loca…
Informix 7.23 connection problem
Dear Cristoff, > We are using Informix 7.23 Online database on Unixware 2.1.3. It works > OK if less then 50 users are connected. When 51-st is connecting, it > starts to refuse connections, create closed connections and go slow. I > have increased tcp, MAXUP and NBUF parameters…
RE: Pagesize question
rkusenet wrote: > hmm interesting. Informix use to have configurable page size till version 5.0. > Why did they stop it? And .. why are they bringing it back now. Until some stage (I thought it was 6.00, but I am willing to believe it was 5.00), the ONCONFIG (or TBCONFIG) file c…
LDAP validation
Hi IDS does not support LDAP directly. [ IDS uses normal system calls to get authentication information. These system calls generally do not support LDAP, therefore IDS does not support LDAP. ] There are two ways to get IDS to do authentication via LDAP: a) use PAM which is s…
Installing IDS 7.x on Windows NT
Hi I would like to install IDS 7.x for workgroup on Windows NT machine that do not have any network installed on it. I don�t want to install network card on machine. Can someone please help with the configuration setup for 'Client and Server on the Same System via Shared Memory…
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
RE: onmode -BC
Hi David. If I understatnd correctly, it is expacted behaviour. Here is a part of Informix Administrator's guide. If, during server initialization, the root chunk is a large chunk, the onmode -BC 1 step is skipped and -BC 2 mode is automatically initialized. Regards. -- Tsuto…
HDR Interval
Trev wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wanting to implement HDR between two IBM AIX servers running > Informix 9.4 UC3. I have 53 (2mb) logical logs. > I've been asked to have a replication period of 1 hour DRINTERVAL of > 3600. > We do an ontape -c on the primary server. > Would there be a …
IDS 9.4 and LDAP
John Adamski wrote: > We currently are on IDS 7.31 on a HPUX box, and will be upgrading to IDS > 9.4 in the near future and have been asked in IDS 9.4 if it is possible > to authenticate access to the database using LDAP server instead of > using the Unix user password. > > I tho…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Help with 9.4 UC2 and pam_winbind
I can't seem to get pam authentication working with informix 9.40 UC2 on linux. I'm just trying to get simple password authentication working with our server. We're using pam_winbind.so for most users Following the limited documentation I have (pam.txt) and the article posted on…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
I am experiencing similar problems with users migrating from Standard Engine to IDS 9.30. It appears that some applications are more susceptible than others. What application(s) are you running? We also have experience of adding more BUFFERS, LOCKS, etc and not improving the sit…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Muthana Increase BUFFERS in onconfig file. UPDATE STATISTICS for each table (as a minimum) rerun the query and see what improvements you get. If you still have problems post the results of:- onstat -p onstat -m onstat -R and sqexplain.out of any particularly slow query or updat…
Informix Dynamic Server and DB Tuning
Dear Sir, The question how can make DB Tuning for Informix Dynamic Server version 9:30 to get the query faster. I used IDS 9:30 and it's not quick enough like our old Standard Engine. which Parameter can i change to make that or what shall i do? Regards Muthana AL-Temimi…
Can IDS accessing Informix SE Tables.
Hello, Now we are using Informix SE. We are planning to go Infomix Dynamic Server 9.x. Before migrating our current applications to IDS 9.x., first we have to develop a new application in IDS 9.x, in that we need to use some of the tables from informx SE. Could you please answer…
DB Server Alias
Hi All, I have the following issue: I need to connect the same instance through 2 IP addresses, i read in this newsgroup that there is a variable in ONCONFIG file called DBSERVERALIASES, this variable permits to set more than one ipaddress/aliasName for the same instance after …
Administering Windows IDS via telnet/ssh
All: We have some Windows 2000/XP IDS 9.x servers on which we'd like to perform some administrative tasks (e.g. onstat to analyze the engine, onspaces to add chunks, etc.) via lightweight character-mode connections (e.g. telnet to the MS Telnet server, or ssh to the Cygwin SSH d…
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
Re: nopassword-Option with Informix OleDb
Kanchana Padmanabhan wrote: > Anytime username is specified in the connection, the password too has t= > o be > mentioned. If just one of them is specified, the connection will get > rejected at the client layer itself. Hence it will not be > logged in online.log. When both are s…
RE: -951 error connecting to Informix SE for Windows
The database server (where the authentication takes place) needs to know the user. If your machine is not trusted you must also supply your password. MW > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Tim Nel…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> writes: > Currently the engine has a Graceful switch to quiescent mode, and also an > immedate switch to quiescent mode. > When graceful, all existing users are allowed to continue, but no new > sessions are accepted. In immediate mode, all existing…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have????? (single user maintenance mode)
And while we are talking about users. I would like to see a different "instance management" user for each instance. Using the informix account to manage one instance is OK, but when you get a site with 3 or 4 instances then they often have different teams of administrators for …
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
Ronald Cole wrote: > > A "single user" mode... and I vote for the "informix" user instead of > DBA. Ummmmm, I don't. I try to convince all our teams/sites to use a specific application-administration account so that they do not use "informix" or (horror) "root" to administer th…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Denham Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:17 PM To: Informix List Subject: FW: Whatcha' wanta have????? > >1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user ac…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Denham Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:17 PM To: Informix List Subject: FW: Whatcha' wanta have????? > >1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user ac…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Denham Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:17 PM To: Informix List Subject: FW: Whatcha' wanta have????? > >1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user ac…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Denham Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:17 PM To: Informix List Subject: FW: Whatcha' wanta have????? > >1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user ac…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Denham [mailto:mkdenham@comcast.net] > > 1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user activity is suspended but > the administrator still has the ability to manipulate the database; > alternatively a means of taking an individual databa…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Denham [mailto:mkdenham@comcast.net] > > 1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user activity is suspended but > the administrator still has the ability to manipulate the database; > alternatively a means of taking an individual databa…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3F270.AF8CE010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" onmode -s brings the server to single user mode and al…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3F270.AF8CE010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" onmode -s brings the server to single user mode and al…
FW: Whatcha' wanta have?????
1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user activity is suspended but the administrator still has the ability to manipulate the database; alternatively a means of taking an individual database offline [kicks off all users, stops user reconnects, allows admin access] without ha…
FW: Whatcha' wanta have?????
1) An 'admin' mode for a database whereby user activity is suspended but the administrator still has the ability to manipulate the database; alternatively a means of taking an individual database offline [kicks off all users, stops user reconnects, allows admin access] without ha…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
configure computer for using informix
what shell I do to make my computer work with informix. I have installed winXP on my computer, informix 4 i informix dynamic server? THANKS…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
Re: Can I refuse all connections except replication?
Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bl20dt$78q9j$1@ID-64669.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Dave Thacker wrote: > > > Informix 9.30 running on AIX 4.3.3 > > I have two instances running EDR in update anywhere mode. All > > connections are usually made to the …
Re: Can I refuse all connections except replication?
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:05:20 -0400, Dave Thacker wrote: Set up the replication group on all clients with the 'primary' server entry immediately following the groupname entry and the 'secondary' server entry following that and specified in the group record as the error connection…
Re: Can I refuse all connections except replication?
In 9.4 UC2 we implemented 'ER/HDR-only ports' as part of the PAM code. These ports will accept traffic only from ER or HDR connections. "Dave Thacker" <dthacker@omnihotels.com> wrote in message news:554c618d.0309261005.60abf6b8@posting.google.com... > Informix 9.30 running on A…
Re: Can I refuse all connections except replication?
Dave Thacker wrote: > Informix 9.30 running on AIX 4.3.3 > I have two instances running EDR in update anywhere mode. All > connections are usually made to the "primary" instance. The > transactions flow from the "primary" to the "backup" unless we declare > a disaster. We use…
Can I refuse all connections except replication?
Informix 9.30 running on AIX 4.3.3 I have two instances running EDR in update anywhere mode. All connections are usually made to the "primary" instance. The transactions flow from the "primary" to the "backup" unless we declare a disaster. We use internal DNS to control where …
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 startup problem
Hi, While starting up informix in multi user mode , we wait for the database to come up by checking the onstat - o/p . But if the system is loaded, even after onstat shows status as online , the connection is rejected by the database . The wait loop that we do is as follow…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
backup onbar
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bc52r5$fk9nk$2@ID-64669.news.dfncis.de... > DBA-BABY wrote: > > > > > > > Hello group > > > > my version is: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD3 > > > > I need to do backup my DB. > > I have to use the onbar. > …
NETTYPE
Hello, yes it's posssible to put several NETTYPEs in one file. I also have two entries in one file: NETTYPE tlitcp,4,96,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE ipcshm,2,64,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype ciao, Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:…
Locking mystery summary
Morning, Ok, some details. I now have tried all sorts of things to replicate this, including copying part the table and performing the update on variations. Here we go: IDS 7.31.UC4, AIX 4.3.3, table had : 432755 row(s) inserted. 29651 row(s) updated. Type Loggi…
onstat
In article <3A759797.C65850F7@alcatel.com>, Bogdan Neagu <bogdan.neagu@alcatel.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > I was told by our DBA that onstat has different exit codes depending on > the engine's mode (or mood). > > So, if I test $result (in C shell) or $? (Bourne / Korn shell), I …
RE: Informix user
>I'd like to know how is the user get created in Informix. The OS >Is there any create user command like in oracle ? No >Is the informix user authenticated by the O/S, we are running on HP-UX ? Yes >Can I create an informix user who is authenticated internally by the >databas…
Informix user
I'd like to know how is the user get created in Informix. Is there any create user command like in oracle ? Is the informix user authenticated by the O/S, we are running on HP-UX ? Can I create an informix user who is authenticated internally by the database ? Usually I only see…
Re: Starting Data Replication Question
Hello, Yes, I mentioned the wrong computer, spu12 is in recovery mode. The ondatartr supposely does a physical recovery. I am starting to believe that it is the recovered rootdbs and root.chunk that are not right on spu12. I would have to wait for my system administrator to ge…
Starting Data Replication Question
Hello, I have been assigned to set two computers as servers for replication, spu11 and spu12, using Informix! I have followed all the steps for a physical backup on spu11 (primary) and have restored the database on spu12 (secondary). I followed the steps on the "Universal Serve…
Re: DB access from multiple server permission problem
Gary Quiring wrote: > I have two servers running Informix 7.31. Some new code was written to > access a database from a different server. It only works if I add that > user to the Unix system. Is there a way of opening up the database to > allow anyone to access it without th…
What requires an IDS Linux?
Hello What requires an Informix Dynamic Server Linux a desktop and/or a network version of Linux? Thanks in advance Jacqueline Romero Miranda…
Informix v Oracle
Hi Is there a function in Informix Dynamic Server 2000 that is like Oracles CREATE SEQUENCE that uses NEXTVAL/CURVAL and %ROWCOUNT, ect? Thanks for all contributions Jordan jbruce@asaglobalserv.com…
Informix and PAM on Solaris
I have configured my Solaris box to authenticate in an LDAP server using PAM. I can connect to the machine with the users on the LDAP server. My problem is that I can't connect to informix with the LDAP users. If the user is in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow everything works fine, …
RE: Which instanses are configured?
If you wanted to see what instances are on-line you could run ipcs -mo | grep informix . This will provide you with the shared memory segments for any active servers. Pay particular attention to 0x???? these will identify the instance. 0x5256 + hex(servernum). HTH Scott > -…
Which instanses are configured?
Here's a script which could help. #!/bin/ksh # rudy 29/8/97. # This script attempts to locate INFORMIX instances running on a machine. # The plan is as follows # 1. Locate INFORMIXDIR by identifying the file oninit and working backwords # 2. Locate ONCONFIG files by grepping $IN…
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
Re: checkpoint problem
What package is this? Is it primarily OLTP Oriented? Doug McAllister wrote: > Hi guys.. > > I am having a checkpoint problem on one of my servers and I think I know > what is going on but I thought I would post a snippet of my log file and > my onconfig for comments. This ser…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
create new user
Andreas Lommel wrote: > Hi there ! I have IDS 7.30 on solaris. What must I do to create a new > user ? > Is it enough to create a user in the group informix on unix ? > After that to give him rights on tables in the datadases ? IDS 7.x uses the host UNIX OS for authentication.…
Informix, onaudit and rules for USER/HOST
You would do that at the UNIX level using the file /etc/hosts.deny. Informix uses UNIX rlogin styly authentication so if the user would be denied rlogin capability he/she will be denied Informix access. Art S. Kagel Leos Urban wrote: > > Hello, > I tested onaudit utility and in…
RE: Changes in onconfig files
Off line, online .. onmode -ky oninit Some configuration variables (TAPEDEV) are dynamic. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org]On Behalf Of magic@bet.po.opole.pl Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:34 PM To…
Re: How to search for a string in a TEXT field
Hi, :-( SELECT name, REPLACE(text,"ZNOTREADY","found") AS your_output FROM tablewithtextfield; Blobs are not allowed in this expression. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2A…
Re: Setting password for database user on Linux
Informix does not do its own authentication at all. It relies on the OS to authenticate users so ostensibly it will use whatever you have setup for your system. The problem with the Linux version right now is a bug that blocks using shadown passwd file or PAM. It is scheduled …
Setting password for database user on Linux
Here's what I found on the Informix TechInfo site, regarding this problem on 7.30: Product: Informix ONLINE Reported: 10/22/1999 ONLINE 7.30.UC7 FOR LINUX: CONNECTION AUTHENTICATION NOT PAM AWARE; WILL FAIL IF NONSTANDARD DES CRYPT ENCRYPTION USED FOR PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION.…
i.reach
Art, I can't seem to find any information about a RTFM manual. Is that an Informix product? Sorry, couldn't resist :-D <bs mode off> James "Art S. Kagel" wrote: > Manuel Gómez Martínez wrote: > > > > I´m triing to install informix i.reach product. Previusly I´ve installed >…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
ISAM error: deadlock detected
Hi, I have been running a suite of Informix 4GL Batch programs for over 2 years now. The have been running fine up until now :-( The system administrator swapped the Unix machine for another better/faster one and said that all the programs/configuration etc... has been exactly …
authentification
the operating system has to know the someone ( have an account on) the machine. the database has to have 'connect' privileges. the tables have to have 'select..' privileges. there is a more thorough answer to your question in a previous article by Art Kagel. "Martin A. Marques" …
creating database users - how to do that ?
Hans-Georg Thien <thien@concept-software.de> writes: > As a long term oracle user I was used to create a new database user > simply with e.g. > > create user rmail identified by rmail; > grant connect to rmail; > etc., etc. > > It seems that informix does …
Listener-Thread Errors
In article <393F47C3.32C45BDE@nettaxi.com>, "Wile E. Coyote" <wilec@nettaxi.com> wrote: > Hi Stacey, > > Stacey Windsor wrote: > > > > 16:28:01 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 4: errstr = : Network driver > > cannot bind a name to the port. > > System error = 4. > > > >…
Informix cost???
Someone can said how much does Informix cost? I need to know: -Informix costs -cost for client Thanks very much. I need the last version of dynamic server for Unix. Ciao, Berna…
ISA in windows 2000
I installed Informix 9.2 onto a windows 2000 box. I am trying to get the tool Informix Server Administrator(ISA) to work with the IDS2000 on the same box. I installed Perl and ISA, then I followed the configuration instructions for ISA using Microsoft's Internet Information ser…
Replication
Hello everybody. I would like to know if it is possible to replicate an Informix database between a UNIX-based 7.32UC2 Informix Dynamic Server and an linux-based IDS2000 without problems. Thanks in advance. jhernandez@geuropa.com…
Protocol tlitcp
Is someone knows if the protocol tlitcp is support on AIX 4.3.3 with IDS 7.30.UC8? If yes, what is the syntax of then configuration of onconfig and sqlhosts? Thank you. -- Daniel Blanchet RONA mailto:daniel.blanchet@rona.ca http://www.rona.ca…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
ASP & Informix
Try verifying the connection with other tools like iLogin, and then MS-Access via ODBC. Also, you did not indicate what is on the IIS 4.0 side - do you also have the Internet Explorer installed ? An IE installation will cause the IIS to do transparent challenge/response authent…
RE: Connectivity: authentication over ssh instead of rsh?
Along these same lines, is there a way to run dbaccess on the Unix command line from a client machine so it will use a network connection to connect to the DB? If Im on the same machine as the instance, its simply dbaccess dbname sqlfile.sql Is there a way to run dbaccess and …
Transaction
Elsa Perales wrote: > > I am Using Informix for NT and a I have a database that uses buffered > logging. > When I am trying to do the following: > > BEGIN WORK, > ... > <SOME STATEMENTS> > ... > COMMIT WORK; > > This error shows up: > > > > > -256 Transaction not available. > >Y…
Connectivity: authentication over ssh instead of rsh?
Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> writes: > Thomas Parsli wrote: > > > I've got several servers running apache, sshd and qmail. (period) > > > > I'd like to access a database on another server running _nothing_ > > but Informix (IDS 2000), sshd and apache. > > > > (That'…
System catalogue
Hello! Can anybody explain me how I can create trigger on "informix".systables? (The server I deal with is Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3.) Max…
Compatability between Informix products
Hi, I need some version compatability information for the following products. Hardware Platform: Hewlett Packard OS Platform: HP-UX version 10.20 Informix s/w: Informix Universal Server 9.20 Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix Gateway to DRDA vers…
Bringing up a new instance of Informix
I need some help. Platform HP UX 10.20 Informix version 9.20 UC1 Informix version 9.14 UC7 Informix version 7.31 UC4 I am configuring a new instance of informix 9.20 UC1. I am having problems if I add DBSERVERALIASES. I have the 9.14 and 7.31 configured and working properly. …
Linux Suse 6..2 and IDS 7.3 HEEELP!!!
Informix does password authentication through your password's file. If you have shadow password authentication enabled ... informix will not work through tcp connections. I am hoping they will have this issue resolved soon. In order to resolve this, you will need to disable sha…
Re: Informix on SuSE Linux 6.2
In article <385FA8D4.5F3306F3@bloomberg.net>, kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > [Earlier discussion SNIPPED] > > No. The ONCONFIG file parameter NETTYPE configures the listeners and > replaces the OL5.xx parameter USERS to configure the number of concurrent > users that can attach …
ISM and ONBAR in a Secured Environment
Hi, We are upgrading from IDS 7.11.UC5 on Solaris 2.4 to IDS 7.31.UC4 on Solaris 7. We run our server in a hardened mode, i.e., we do not run inetd, rpcbind, CDE, etc. and severely restrict access ports to only what is needed for Informix and SSH. We found some time ago that th…
Re: How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix?
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, S. Martins wrote: > How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix? > Do I have to make some special configuration in the Informix Database Engine > to achieve the best performance from a dual processor system? > > Thanks, > NSM (Portugal) >…
Re: IDS7.3 failing to initialise - chunk sanity check failure
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:02:49 GMT, Kevin H. <> wrote: > I'm having a problem with installing IDS 7.30.UC7 on RedHat 6.1 (ie. > kernel 2.2.12-20). > > On completing the installation I tried to configure the database to > have a test database of 20MB size in /home/inf_data/data1 Wh…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
ANSI Database questions.
Yes, you're right. You can change logging mode with ontape With ontape, you can change logging mode from no logging, buffered logging, unbuffered logging to no logging, buffered logging, unbuggered logging, ANSI mode logging. However, you cannot change logging mode from ANSI mod…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Replication from HPUX to Window NT
I want to do the database replication from HPUX database to Window NT. Could anyone suggest the configuration in onconfig of both platfroms? (** don't need to synchrozise two databases; only need to pass the change from HPUX to NT) Daniel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ …
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
Help! Cant start database service
Hello All I had my informix dynamic server (7.3) running fine till a few days back. Now the dynamic server service and the informix messenger service won't start automatically and if I try to start the server, it does start but I'm unable to connect to it. If I try to start the…
Configuration Informix server with reaseau TCP/IP /Configuration serveur Informix avec reaseau TCP/IP
I test to configure a Informix server enough with protocol TCP/IP but I do not manage to launch the engine whereas it functions in local mode. Configuration In onconfig: NETYPE ipcshm,3,2,CPU NETYPE soctct,3,3,NET In sqlhost : mickey_srv onipcshm mickey mickey_service mi…
Ontape on secondary server
We have a HDR replication between two IBM RS6000 server running AIX 4.3.2. The server version is IDS 7.30. When I log on as user informix and run ontape -s on the secondary server I get the following error message:- "server is in a incompatible state or user authentication faile…
Clarifying connection from Win98 to NT IDS
On Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:39:47 +0200, Prounix GmbH <rheld@prounix.de> wrote: >>The Win98 has a login 'Win98usr' with 'Win98pw' to log into his >>workstation. >>In the setnet32 utility I can set the user and login for the IDS Sever with >>'IDSusr' and 'IDSpw'. >You have to create …
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
add new user
> Informix will let you add permissions for a user that the OS does not know > about, however, that user will not be able to connect to the server from > a client since OS privileging is used by Informix to verify passwords, Ah, the old authentication issue for heterogeneous two…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
ONSOCTCP AND LINUX
In article <37BC796B.E323ADED@jps.net>, dja7 <dja7@jps.net> wrote: >I have IDS for linux 7.3 and I have installed it on redhat 2.0.36. I >have configured sqlhosts and the onconfig file. I have downloaded and >installed all the file descriptor patches. > >I cannot get the …
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
How do I increase user threads?
bahins wrote: > > How can I increase the no. of user threads in Informix RDS 7.3? Is that IDS 7.3? > Do I have to make a change in onconfig or stune or mtune? Increase the third field in the NETTYPE parameters: NETTYPE ipcshm,2,50,CPU NETTYPE tlitcp,2,100,NET This configur…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
How can I change the logging mode of a database ?
In article <378F25C3.1E422DD5@ubu.es>, Luis Miguel Martin <luismi@ubu.es> wrote: >I wont to chage the logging mode of my "mydatabase" to unbuffered >I use the command "ontape -s -U mydatabase", but it fails: > ---> Invalid logging change to mydatabase > >I use the comma…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
TLITCP and JDBC
Hello, I just installed the Informix's JDBC driver, but have been unable to connect to the DB. I've tried the JDBC URL with port 1533. Is that the standard port? Anyway, here's the sqlhosts file: sac_online onipcshm libra sac sac_tcp ontlitcp lib…
Re: onmonitor with HP-UX 11.0 and IDS 7.31
It's a known problem...I'm not aware of a fix being made yet, however. > Is it just me or does onmonitor does not work with the above > configuration. I have had multiple problems, setting dbspaces to raw > devices, unable to get past Shared memory screen. In the end I edited th…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
Informix 7.2Se and ADO from Vb
Hi , in order to give you an answer i need to know more ... 1) who is youre ADO(OLE-DB) provider ... or are you working throught Kagira through ODBC ... things to check ... 1) can you sork or start transactions not through ADO... maybe your database is not set to to work with t…
Re: onconfig parameters
> onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? Does onstat -c reflect changes made by onmode commands? I should try that and see...that, to me, would be the compelling reason …
Linux VS NT4.0
Hi, Is it true that Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30 is ported for Linux, and if it is so does anyone can tell me what to chose between Linux and NT4.0 for running Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30. Also I'd like to know for which version of Linux, Inf…
Can IDS on NT Autenticate Username/Password from NT?
I have IDS 7.3 TC7 and an ODBC client (using CLI2.8) running on the same NT machine. I want IDS to authenticate the user from the NT user name, but without specifying a password. e.g: Connect="DSN=MyDSN;UID=NTUserName;PWD=;" This does not work. It pops up the ODBC driver promp…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
informix IDS on Linux and ODBC access from Client SDK
I have configured the NETTYPE onsoctcp,1,50,NET on the onconfig - file and the sqlhosts file to: oopen_odbc onsoctcp oopen sqlturbo the sqlturbo service is in the services - file. I do not get a connection to the database. The setnet -error on windows side is -908 (c…
*** DBA Opportunity - Memphis, TN - AutoZone
Informix DBA Is this a contract position? No Salary range: 50,000 - 80,000 This position will be responsible for designing, creating and managing Informix databases in the AIX environment. This will include development support, assisting programmers with database issues as wel…
Re: Connection Problem
>Watson, Paul wrote: >> >> Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is >> configured to a max of 50 > >And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do >not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do >have the def…
RE: Connection Problem
Watson, Paul wrote: > > Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is > configured to a max of 50 And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do have the default is …
BUFFERS
Hi all, I've been trying to figure-out online configuration, in the onconfig file. The optimization books say that you set the buffer size to 25% of your physical Memory size by pages or 256 mb of ram = 16000 buffers, we have set a machine with this amount of ram to 40,000 and t…
set isolation
We experienced the same problem when upgrading from SE to Online. If changing ISOLATION LEVEL TO DIRTY READ is the simpliest way, turning LOCK MODE TO ROW instead of PAGE can help too. H-C-I Administration wrote: > Hi Hylee > > Rather than altering the isolation mode of your ap…
logical logs full - server unavailable
I'm working with Informix Workgroup Server 7.22 on WinNT 4.0 SR3. After deleting several thousand rows from a table, i got the error: logical logs are full, please make a backup of logical log files. When i look at the server, the informix-server is down and unavailable. So i can…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
OnBar/ADSM/IDS 7.3
I have just about finished configuring OnBar and ADSM. The Level 0 and Level 1 Backups run but report an error backing up the logical logs. The onbar -l call from the log_full.sh creates this error message. What has to be set in the onconfig file for tapedev to call the library d…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
onstat -c , no output
In article <76qr6o$nuh$1@news.xmission.com>, sadagop0458@att.com (Sadagopan, Sathish, CFCTR) wrote: > > Hi, > "onstat -c" shows only the first two lines of output. > informix online ver ..up 3 days... > configuration file ..... > The configuration parameters are not outputted.…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Re: table locking
At 02:59 PM 07-12-98 -0600, Yan Zhu wrote: >How do you lock a table in exclusive mode so no other users can update, >view, or unload the data until you release the lock. See the discussion on "LOCK TABLE IN EXCLUSIVE MODE" in the "Guide to SQL: Tutorial" on page 2-390 (7.3 Onli…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Re: Authentication using PAM
In article <XJzgeJAArTE2EwTm@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: >In article <6ur30h$hbt$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, barce@frlp.utn.edu.ar >writes >>Hi! >> >> I�m using Online 7.23.UC4 on Solaris 2.6 >> I�m authenticating Solaris logins using PAM, I…
Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server
I need a free Deployment Licenses of Informix Dynamic Server!…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server blocks
In article <3609EB18.2AB1B1CD@bull.net>, Helmut Leininger <Helmut.Leininger@bull.net> writes >Hi, > >Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect >or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I >find the following message: > >09:03:…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Informix Dynamic Server blocks
Hi, Sporadically, the Informix server seems to block (every try to connect or onstat times out and no reaction on onmode -ky). In the MSGPATH I find the following message: 09:03:42 mt.c, line 8362, thread 2139, proc id 17096, mt_notifyvp timed out. Informix server is 7.22.UC2…
Re: A question on Informix JDBC driver
Wyan H. Jow wrote: >> >This makes sense to me - I wouldn't want to have my user/password in=20 >> >clear text in my code, or developers needing to know it. Even if it's = in=20 >> >the properties file. >> > >> >Problem is, going oover straight TCP, how do you do all that stuff i…
A question on Informix JDBC driver
Hello, I have downloaded the Informix JDBC Type 4 driver from Intraware. I have just started testing. My question is about specifing connection URL. Is there any way to connect to database server without specifying USER and PASSWORD in connection string, so that driver (server)…
****Change from ANSI to unbuffered
Hi, We have changed our database from ANSI mode to unbuffered, we got low paging space. Does ANSI require less memory/paging than unbuffered??? Nien =========================================== System and Database Administrator…
****Change from ANSI to unbuffered
Hi, We have changed our database from ANSI mode to unbuffered, we got low paging space. Does ANSI require less memory/paging than unbuffered??? Nien =========================================== System and Database Administrator…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
Re: Help on Onbar
> The best way to initialize ISM is to use the > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ism_startup -init command as user root. > This script will make the necessary links and the neccessary insert into > the bar_version table of your sysutils db and also will do a standard > configuration of the devi…
Re: no logging database - long transaction aborted
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:05:31 -0400, Family Jurkovic <jurkovic@ican.net> wrote: >lblau@my-dejanews.com wrote: > >> I am trying to build an index on a very large table (> 1,000,000 records). >> The database is in "no logging" mode and the table is locked in exclusive >> mode. I am…
Re: no logging database - long transaction aborted
lblau@my-dejanews.com wrote: > I am trying to build an index on a very large table (> 1,000,000 records). > The database is in "no logging" mode and the table is locked in exclusive > mode. I am getting an error: 458: Long transaction aborted. > > Does anyone know what else coul…
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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Re: Informix on NT or UNIX
Haveing been exposed to both operating systems, and your curretn version of Informix, Unix is the preference. One will have to take a closer look at you 'onconfig' configuration to truly get an increase in performance. Configuration varies vastly between real time and batch mode…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
Hello, Since I'm planning a Data Warehouse, I would to do it with the new version of Dynamic Server. Impressions, stability and on which platform? Regards. Fernando _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Fernando Collalti Phone: +…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
Re: changying from ANSI mode to unbuffered logging
> You need not do a dbexport to change from ANSI mode to unbuffered logging. Yes you do. According to the Administrator's Guide (v. 7.2, pg 21-3): Figure 21-1 on page 21-4 shows which database-logging-status transitions the OnLine administrator can perform and whether t…
Re: Question: Changing DB Logging Mode
LeeKB wrote: > Can anyone enlighten me how to go about switching btwn the different db > logging mode of a OnLine Database (Version 7.xx)? Can I do it online? or > must I do it in Quiescent mode? > > Kok-Bin Hi Kok-Bin, You should refer to the Administrator's Guide. But basica…
Re: ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Cecilio wrote: > > Hi! > I'm working with: > - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 > - Informix ONLINE 7.14 > - 4GL RDS Application > - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more > than 100,000 rows. > - 16 simultaneous users. > > I think it would work we…
ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Hi! I'm working with: - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 - Informix ONLINE 7.14 - 4GL RDS Application - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more than 100,000 rows. - 16 simultaneous users. I think it would work well, but the performance is LOW!!! I'…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: shared memory (a classic)
This happened to me just the other day. After investigating onconfig and shared memory, I finally looked at my environment variables. Found that I had miss-set the INFORMIXSERVER variable. Was I embarrassed! I'll just call it two-key rollover. Maybe this is obvious, but coul…
Cursors and ODBC
Hi people, Recently, I've been getting the following errors after issuing some batches of statements via an ODBC connection: Error State: S1000 (0) Error: Intersolve [ODBC Informix Driver] No More Cursors Available. Two questions from this are: Is there some way of finding th…
Replication
Hi, i am working with SCO Open Server 5.0 and OnLine DS 7.22 UC2. One Server (Server A) is my primary Server, the othe (Server B) is the secondary Server. Replication works well, but after stopping Server A with "onmode -ky", i have problems with my secondary Server: 1. On the …
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
What's the difference between ODS 7.22 and 7.23?
What's the difference between Informix Online Dynamic Server version 7.22 and version 7.23? Thanks in advance. Bill Westphal Rodney District Council mis@rodney.govt.nz…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
WGS Logsize Question
Hi, I have small performance problem and I must read manual :-))) Product Informix WGS 7.22 on WinNT 4.0 Page 14.6 Informix OnLine Workgroup Server Administrator Guide LOGSIZE = ( users * maxrows ) * 512 What's maxrows? Maximum count of rows in the biggest table? Otherwise: …
Re: Gaping security hole? (network db connections)
> Informix's security is flawed in that /etc/hosts.equiv was really meant > to authtenticate a user on a particular machine. It was meant for a > UNIX to UNIX authentication, rather than a PC to UNIX. (peer to peer, > rather than client server.) This IS!!! for a UNIX to UNIX aut…
Next Extent Calc.
Hi, I have INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server Version 7.14.UD2. Does anyone know of a script or program to calculate the next extent size ? Thanks in advance Manuel…
Re: Error -529: Cannot attach to transaction
David Williams wrote: > > In article <33C66055.36B3@ccmail.acer.de>, Kai Shen ... skip > > Under 5 I do not believe NETTYPE is used, instead look for > the USERS parameter in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$TBCONFIG. > > This is from the INFORMIX-OnLine Administrator's Guide Version 5 Page…
Java and Informix Dynamic Server 7.x
Hi friends! I am trying to do server-side java cgi programming to connect to I-ODS 7.x. Do you know how I can do that? I heard it is possible to use the jdbc-odbc bridge( intersolve or openlink's), but the performance is too slow, because of jdbc to odbc and odbc to jdbc convert…
RPC error using Openlink ODBC to DSA 7.22
We are trying to configure Openlink (MT) ODBC on a Win'95 client talking to a HP-UX 10.20 Dynamic Server 7.22, We are getting "RPC: Program unavailable" errors when using the C++ Demo that comes with the evaluation copy. We can ping the server and have been advised to remove the…
JOB - US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
Re: Blocking of user threads
>We are using Informix Online 7.13. The problem is that usually >the user threads get blocked and if the applications which was >accessing the thread exit the database which that thread was accessing >gets blocked. Hence to access that particular database once again we >need to b…
US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
Blocking of user threads
Hello, We are using Informix Online 7.13. The problem is that usually the user threads get blocked and if the applications which was accessing the thread exit the database which that thread was accessing gets blocked. Hence to access that particular database once again we need t…
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
Q: What instances have I?
How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what are their configurations?" I'm having a little problem with this. For exam…
US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
Re: reboot
> One of the things Unix does at reboot is run a script called > /etc/startup or something like that. You can put the "oninit" command > in there but doing that unembelished causes all kinds of grief. Well, it depends on the system. I beleive that the System V flavors use the …
US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
User authentication and database connection with Informix SE 7.20 on Windows 95
Hi, uses to work with Informix SE and Online on Unix systems, i�m really getting confused with some features of the Windows versions. I�ve installed the Informix SE 7.20 and ESQL/C 7.20 developers versions on my PC. I created to users with the ipasswd utility. A user "informix…
US-CO-INFORMIX DBA
Requires 3 years DBA experience, at least 1 year of which must be as an Informix DBA in a UNIX environment. Also requires both physical and logical applications experience, and database design experience. Preferred skills include: HP-UX systems administration, data warehousing…
OODB DBA (will train RDBMS DBA) SF Bay Area & NYC
Gemstone DBA/System Administrator San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Several of our Gemstone clients are starting to move from R&D to production environments and are finding they have a big hole that their databases are disappearing into…
ONCONFIG
I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). one has .ifmx and the other .std which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? Specifically I want to configure informix for a multiprocessor machine (4 CPUs actually). many thanks, /pks -- [ Pat…
Re: db server & inet
Duc Nguyen wrote: > > Hi all, > > We use Informix ODS 7.1. I have 2 questions: > > 1. We're using multiple residency by running > multiple database server instances (each with > its own ONCONFIG file). Now how do I drop > a database server instance? I can't just > remove the conf…
Re: About my latest Question (lock temp table) (fwd)
List box was full! Sorry if this is repost for some! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 20:36:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Cheryl Kendricks <cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov> To: Informix List on WWW <informix-list@rmy.emory.edu> Subject: Re: About my latest Ques…
Re: About my latest Question (lock temp table)
It could run out of system locks. Depends on the level of locking you use, Number of rows being inserted and the max number of locks defined in the configuration file for you "ONLINE" DB. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendrick…
Re: Change UNIX password from Windows
wyang@aerotek.com (Weimin Yang) writes: >It is not necessary to change password in Setnet when unix password is >changed. Password in Setnet is only for testing connection purpose. You >can set asking password at runtime. Once connection is Ok, you can >connect with different us…
Re: Verifying a tables LOCK MODE
Try adding the -ss option on dbschema and it will show up! The -ss stands for server specific so it will also show what dbspace the tables reside in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.…
fet_buf_size
Hello, Can someone tell me what FET_BUF_SIZE actually is and what it does? Is this a kernel parameter or part of the onconfig file? It's not in my onconfig file and not part of a configurable kernel parameter, but I've been led to believe that it will impact performance. We'r…
Extents Overlap
We ran the TBCheck -ce and got the error message: ERROR extents overlap. TBCheck -pe helped us identify the Chunk and therefore the DBSpace (thanks to Joe Lumbley and his fine survival guide. Perhaps in panic mode we overlooked it in our administrators guide, but we could not …
Re: How to handle deadlocks ?
Okay guys let's think here. I have it exclusive you want it to READ and you do not HAVE a wait TIME SET. So what do you get "SORRY READER" your request can not happen because it's being used exclusivly ("LOCKED"). Check into Isolation Mode and the SET LOCK MODE command! --------…
Informix Certified Professional Program Update
Informix offers two certification paths. Each path requires the successful completion of two exams. Each exam is US $250 and is between 60-90 minutes long. * Database Specialist for INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.x 111 - Database Fundamentals Exam 112 - Managin…
Re: How to check if a table is locked
Lock mode is in the systables "locklevel" is the column name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Kendricks Internet:cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov OR cherylk@gwysmtp.jcdc.doleta.gov DTSI, Inc. …
Re: Restoring archive without logical logs
gosport <gosport@pobox.oleane.net> wrote: >Does anyone know how to restore a level 0 archive without the logical >logs and without patching the rootdbs ??? >We had this problem on our HP9000 K200 running DSA 7.12, and we tortured >the engineer from Informix until he patched the …
Re: text editors for 4GL, Informix SQL ?
rt10hp@csl.gov.uk (Richard Thomas) writes: > > OTOH, if you're using SUNOS/Solaris on a SPARCstation, try setting DBEDIT > > to textedit - this brings up a pretty good text editor in a separate > > window - you can select stuff with your mouse, copy, cut, paste, > > search for t…
Re: text editors for 4GL, Informix SQL ?
Where can you get this editor? I an orginal mainframe person and VI has just about ran me crazy. I do not like emacs either. I'm use to an ISPF/PDF editor, is there something available like that for UNIX? -------------------------------------------------------------------------…
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Error -25587 an explanation.
>The error happens every time I run a particular >app but not system wide. This application isn't >(shouldn't be) doing any low level net/shm/etc >operations. The error message is as follows: >-25587 Network receive failed. >A system call has failed. Do a DISCONNECT and then …
Re: A basic Online question
: I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online : I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space : as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the : new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. : I have also modified the sqlhosts.. : Now the question: …
A basic Online question
I have a real basic question... I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. I have also modified the sqlhosts.…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: INFORMIX-ONLINE 6 HELP
>I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Admin Guide Vol 1 >to 'Configure a Learning Environment' but keep getting the message >'Shared Memory not initialised for INFORMIXSERVER 'learn_online'. >I'm running SCO Unix on a 32M machine. >Any ideas ? Check to see whether your…
Re: dbexport, dbschema do not keep chunk, blob
Not a bug, Page 7-2 Online Administrator's Guide 5.0 The SQL statements contained in the dbexport schema file do not contain all available information. The following information is omitted: * Initial and next extent values * Lock mode * Dbspace where the table should resi…
Backup of huge informix database
Hello everybody, I have a few questions regarding the backup of Informix V5 database. Question 1 : Is it possible and what will be the most efficient way to backup Informix database of size 50GB in "unattended" mode ? Question 2 : Can Informix database be backed …
Re: isql detail table update?
In article <2casnkINN9n9@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, jerry <warlok!kysilk.sherwood.com!jerry@uunet.UU.NET> wrote: >---- original message from Joseph A. Miele / News Administrator ---- >++ >++ In article <753287674snz@ipaedin.demon.co.uk>, >++ Malcolm McLean <Mmclean@ipaedin.demon.co…
Informix Termcaps for VT220/320
Does anyone have Informix termcap entrys for a DEC VT220 and VT320 terminals they could send me? We are developing a new 4GL application where we need some color attributes, but we are currently stuck in VT100 mode via our various dialup and Telnet connections. Thanks much in ad…