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ISAM 113 error
What does ISAM 113 error: the file is locked mean?…
12.10.FC15W1AWE Blocked in LONGTX
Could it be that the rollback was still going, but had hit the LTXEHWM threshold? onstat -x would have shown some movement if that was the case. If the logs had got to the point where the next log had an open transaction, you could have tried adding logs manually with onparams -…
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 ------------------------------…
What prevents a RSS to roll forward as fast as its primary?
Hi, Some other items OFF_RECVRY_THREADS is used to define the number of apply threads on the secondary LTAPEBLK I believe is used for the size of replication buffers SEC_APPLY_POLLTIME needs tuning on secondarys onstat -g laq (and the undocumented onstat -g laqp that gives timi…
Bizarre CM/Connectivity Issue on 12.10.FC14
I finally received an explanation from support on what seems to be going on here: With a distributed query like select count(*) from sysmaster@dummy:systables; This is a server-side issue with Connection Manager involved for distributed query, the coordinator (local) server needs…
gTA cannot be killed
If I'm getting this right, onmode -Z is meant for I-Star 2-phase-commit distributed transactions, whereas onmode -H is for XA global transactions. The later (XA transactions) typically are not owned by Informix and should be taken care of by the XA transaction manager that initia…
Long Running Purge Script
Hi Art, Thank you for your insightful clarifications. Thoroughly appreciate your help. With the best regards and thanks, Saradhi Motamarri +61430022130 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone ------Original Message------ Saradhi: See my responses below: So, IDS is behaving well. But I wo…
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…
blocked records
Use "onstat -k" for threads holding locks and "onstat -u|grep L" for sessions waiting for a lock…
Informix Page Lock
IMHO row lock by default. Page locks should be only exceptions. If you have one row per page (no remainder), than you can use page locks to limit number of locks. Also, well designed transaction database and application should have short and small transactions so row locks again …
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…
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.…
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…
Outrageous Extent sizes
Art, Aren't Page Locks *worse* than Row locks? That would lock every row on the page, wouldn't it? Besides, it still doesn't affect the logical log usage; which in my case means not being able to run it overnight -- no one staffed to change the tapes. :-( Thanks, Mike…
Issue in transactions with informix using DRDA
Hi Art, I think you mix up distributed (XA) transactions and distributed SQL. From my point of view, distributed SQL, as described in the feature list would be the access from one DB server to another (such as select .... from database@foreignserver:table where ...). In contrary…
Ebexport
Does dbexport lock the database while running? Larry…
IDS - Record Lock
If a table is only ever used for selects, then the locking mode doesn't matter. For OLTP type systems where concurrency is required, you should probably be using row level locking for most tables, unless some tables have mass changes, where you may want to use page level, but th…
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)…
lock ovflow
Seeing a test engine with a high number of locks structures being allocated (99 lock structures of 1M each allocated over about a 4 hour period). I can think of a few approaches to figuring out WHO is causing the allocations. Any ideas though of a simple, fast way? 06/15/15 19:0…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
Re: spin locks
Added to FAQ. Regards, David. > On 21 September 2013 at 11:00 Marco Greco <marco@4glworks.com> wrote: > > > On 20/09/13 21:56, BillHatVerizon wrote: > > This is the output of onstat g spi . > > What is po_lock below? > > Do the numbers look high or is it not possible to answer …
virtual segment question
Did you try to increase the number of locks in the LOCKS parameter in Onconfig? Lloyd…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
spin locks
This is the output of onstat g spi . What is po_lock below? Do the numbers look high or is it not possible to answer without more info ? This is on Windows server 2008 R2 SP1. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.TC1IE -- On-Line -- Up 09:04:41 -- 733952 Kbytes Spin locks …
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.…
locked mutexes!
Hi, I had some user sessions in locked mutexes onstat -g lmx Locked mutexes: 8777 c00000019a5c0f30 uselock0 2708810 0 8778 c00000019a619f30 uselock1 1683484 0 8779 c00000019a620f30 uselock2 2708811 0 I was able to trace those sessions using holder thread id and they were doing…
informix 11.70 growth edition features
Upps, that would mean a Growth/Workgroup edition could not be part of a XA distributed transaction including other databases on different sites (not necessarily Informix, whatever edition) ? I was thinking that would be only an I-Star function in case the IDS engine itself was t…
identifying a lock seemingly without an owner
Original post: Fernando, Yes it has been a long time. Hope all is well with you. I tried onstat -G and the list was empty. I just stopped and restarted the instance and 2 locks immediately appeared ( same table ). The application was down at the time and they were no other co…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
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,…
Interpreting event alarm messages
we are on 11.7.FC5 on AIX 6.1 seeing many instances of dynamic lock allocation - however, that is the only thing that gets written to the online log and the ph_alert table: "dynamically allocated 1000000 locks" however, the manual states that " if a thread attempts to acquire a …
Sequences & Locks
Hello We hit a table extensively (and with multi threaded) for a next key value to be returned and of course it is running into deadlocks, etc. We are looking to move this to sequences - are there locks involved with sequences in a multi threading scenario? thanks tom…
Locks, locks everywhere
Hi people, asking from help again, hope you all doing fine. In 1 of our [data] servers we average more than 1000 users, there are informix 4gl applications, odbc and .net (sqli), the problem is there is some application's concurrency that cause a lot of locks, and you know bette…
242: Could not open database table
Have you tried "set lock mode to wait". You might be hitting locks held by the replication threads. Have you run onstat -k while the job is running to see what the lock is and who holds it? Also, does every index build for the table fail or just some of them?…
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…
update - locking
Hi all, For quite a while I have the problem of updating a row in my table. I have 2 records in my table. The first is locked by the program and I want to update the second in my table. But I can't reach the second row because the first is locked. How to avoid this? The message…
Informix Erorr - Key Value Locked
oh, and btw, if my lock mode is row, i dont encounter the locking issues.…
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 …
lock problem
Hi, A user execute beow SQL in dbaccess. the number of rows of talbe aapf10 is 550804, It run slowly, and others run some update sql on the same table and being locked, Do anybody know it is blow sql lead to the lock problem ? thanks for your time. select aa10dpnoa,round(sum(aa…
Database lock
Is there a way that I can lock a database indefinetely? database abc exclusive ! sleep 40000 seems a bit cludgy.…
Informix Locks On Select count(*)
hi, is this what you're saying? while a particular row or page is being examined, locks are placed on that row or page. it should only take a fraction of a second. but in the event of a slowdown, the examination may take longer. if we are to move to row mode locking, then there…
lock / syssequences
Hi, IFX 11.50 FC8 / AIX 6.1 4GL 7.32 FC2 Today appear on the error log of our application a lock error over syssequences table. We use a lot of sequences here... from 4GL system and web system (java) See bellow... code 4gL: SELECT my_sq.nextval INTO p_my.seq FROM DUAL # dual…
Error with XA transactions
Hi All, Hope someone familiar with XA transaction setup via WebSphere can provide me some answers. We recently switched from Connection Pooling to XA transactions via WebSphere, connecting to some Informix 9.40 databases. We started receiving SQL Exception error messages "The da…
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.…
lock allocation
i am running a dummy update to remove an in place alter. update t_contact set first_name=first_name where 1=1; i am curious for this table which is less than one million rows why the engine would dynamically allocate 2 million locks. the first million make sense to me but why m…
How to capture the lock wait or dead lock info
Hi, Do anybody know how to keep the lock wait or dead lock information 9into a file or table? thanks.…
Locking in UFS
I want to implement the locking on UFS file system. Currently I am using informix 11.5 FC 7 on sun solaris using UFS file system. There is a problem that a chunk file of db space which is using by informix database can be updated or deleted by other than database process. So ple…
a ghost lock
Hi to all under IDS 9.40.FC9, i try to lock a table begin work; lock table mytable in exclusive mode; it says that the table is already locked, i try to find out who is locking the table , NO ONE in the sysmaster.syslocks i found : dbsname mydb tabname mytable rowidlk 0 keyn…
Locking Issues
Hi, Is there any particular parameters that can reduce the effect of locking in our OLTP environment, as we are facing some issues. The code will be modified soon, bu we want to know that can we do something while modifying some of the parameters in config file, to handle / reduc…
wait on lock more than 30 seconds
If a session wait on lock more than 30 seconds then i want an alert.…
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…
Config
Just glancing, but your BTR looks a little high. Some config suggestions below. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on …
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 server dont receive connections (Read err
Hello! It seems that your connections limit (the last was): 16:33:50 Maximum server connections 279 Might be overflowing. Are your clients using ipcshm connections ??? If so, I suggest you to increase your ipcshm buffers, the amount will depend on how many connections you must …
Re: how to terminate global transactions?
> Thanks for your help. > Yes, it was a Java Application Server using distributed transactions and > this ran out of PermGen space so I had to kill -9 it. > Today I cannot figure out anymore why the transaction was not rolled back. > The instance is used for testing and developin…
Triggers and locking
Table A contains cash shipment records with a field invoice amount that needs to be updated when the invoice data is loaded. Table B contains the invoice data. Process 1 loads the invoice data, first by inserting invoices into table B, then updating the invoice amount in table a…
IDS 9.4 Recursive Exception error
You are running a very old version that is out of support and this looks very much like a very old bug that was fixed long ago. The solution is to upgrade to a supported version that has the fix. The current release is 11.50.xC6 Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advanced…
Re-claim un-used space
Thanks for the reply. While the re-organization of table, it gets locked or not? Thanks…
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…
Errors on 4GL application logs
We changed the table locking mode to row and it works. Thx again for your advice.…
mutex dbs_partn and pt_170003
Did you check the mutex locks with "onstat -g lmx" and get the session id what is locking it??…
informix locks' control
locks specifies the initial size of the lock table.the lock table holds an entry for each lock that a session uses. if the number of locks that sessions allocate exceeds the values of LOCKS,the database server increases the size of the lock table. for finding the bug of the appl…
Dynamic locks
Does IDS release dynamic locks?…
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: update impossible in spite of row locking
Fernando Nunes wrote: > Madison Pruet wrote: >> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >>> Color me silly... >>> >>> But does row level locking really only lock the row being updated or >>> does it also put a lock on the adjacent row. >> >> We stopped using adjacent key locking in 6.0. Also -…
Lock mode
Is there a way to set "lock mode to wait" once for a program or does it need to be reset for every single session to the database? Is there a configuration parameter (on the database side) to set the lock mode to wait for all sessions coming to the database? Thanks ___________…
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 …
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…
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…
Buffer manager internal error
Operating system? Amount of physical memory? <abdoell@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7975e1ea-3985-463a-86cd-7b4950f7b8c8@p10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Dear Expert, > I need your expertise help, i got error as i put below. > What i need to know is, how to calculate SHMADD…
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…
How to solve -243 error ?
DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT is for distributed deadlocks which cannot be directly determined by the local instance (local deadlocks are determined immediately). TXTIMEOUT is for distributed XA transactions that become non-responsive when a remote participant drops out. DRTIMEOUT is for Ente…
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…
Locking
Hi, As I know by default Informix use page locking, unless if has been defined otherwise during table creation. How is possible to change locking mechanism to row for all tables (and not for each table individually) OS wWndows 2000, Informix IDS 9.30 TC3 Thanks in advance Se…
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…
DEAD LOCKS
Hi, Is it possible to monitor a table where dead lock is occurring? thanks in advance…
11.5 locking
Hey gurus, How does 11.5 control updates to the same record coming from two different boxes? I was told it doesn't do all the locking that Oracle RAC does, so does that mean there is a possible issue with an update on a secondary being rejected because the same record is being up…
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.…
Searching for locks
Hi all, I just got a third encounter of the lock's kind - I think. I'm not at work for the next week, but there is this tiny voice in my head asking for an answer. We're running IDS 10.00.FC8 on Solaris Sparc. One of our applications always got trapped on locks even when settin…
Re: informix 9.3 to 9.4 issue
analog todd wrote: > Hello, > I'm having some serious issues with a production instance of Informix > and I can't figure out why. > I'd been running 9.30.UC7 for over a year solid, no complaints. > Monday night, I installed 9.40.UC8 and its been awful. What am I > I presume tha…
Re: informix 9.3 to 9.4 issue
analog todd wrote: > Hello, > I'm having some serious issues with a production instance of Informix > and I can't figure out why. > I'd been running 9.30.UC7 for over a year solid, no complaints. > Monday night, I installed 9.40.UC8 and its been awful. What am I > missing? I've…
Time the locks
Version: IDS 10 I asked this question in earlier post, and after that I tried to look at CDI archives but didn't get the answer. I want to know if there is any way to find out which lock is being held over certain period of time on certain resource. I have below query to find ou…
DB server performace if long transaction happen
I have a long transaction (taking hours) with all tables is temp table with no log and lock in exclusive mode, thus there will be no LOG usage and less LOCK usage. Is this scenario will impact the database server performace? Thanks for any prompt reply and consultation.…
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…
Performance Tuning of batch insert and batch update using JDBC API.
In addition to Marco's comments, how exactly are you doing the DB2 9 load?... Is it truly an insert or is it a "load" operation that is "not logged"?.... Bypassing transaction logging can surely save time. ============================================================ The informat…
generic question: update statistics low drop distr
Robert Roussey(IT) wrote: > I thought I remember JM saying that US-medium on a table will drop > distributions and rebuild them anyways? > Well, almost. Medium and HIGH both drop the existing distributions and insert new ones in a single transaction. If the process is interrupte…
Monitor Locks
Version: IDS 10 For a given table how can I find out which process is holding lock. Basically I am trying to device a way that monitors frequent locks, type of lock held page level, row level etc, and the process/session that's holding that lock. I have following query that give…
table lock
Hi, I have some situation here. One of the applications is locking rows in one table. From the application side, we see message "244 : Could not do a physical-order read to fetch next row. 107 : ISAM error: record is locked." Here is the output from "onstat -k". informix@ifx01…
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: IDS 9.4 instance can't initialize dbspace
Gary Quiring wrote: > Continuing the saga from my ontape restore to a different server I am > taking the suggestions to use archecker and IDS 9.4 to do a table > restore. My current server is 9.4. > I created an IDS 10 directory and changed all the paths and ENV vars to > use …
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…
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: IDS License Revenue
Serge Rielau wrote: > To get back on topic. The number stated officially in the Q4 call was > +32% new-transaction for "distributed databases". > (That comment by the CFO is verifiable via the webcast and anyone who > doesn't believe it should send a note to SEC...). > > Given …
IDS 10 instance can't initialize dbspace
HI, Reduce your PHYSFILE 1008538 # Physical log file size (Kbytes) to a small value! Frank On 5 Jan 2007 13:52:28 -0800, Gary Quiring <gquiring@gmail.com> wrote: > > Continuing the saga from my ontape restore to a different server I am > taking the suggestio…
Network receive failed
Dirk Moolman wrote: > Hi, I have a problem at a clients machine, where we are getting a lot of > these messages in the online.log > > > 13:52:41 listener-thread: err = -25587: oserr = 0: errstr = : Network > receive failed. > > > They are all connecting directly to the server, a…
Table lock
Hi, I'm trying to insert rows into a fragmented table across different dbspaces using ssh multiple sessions. The table is locked in "share mode" after the first insert begins. Can I "unlock" the table during the insert from another session? No other users on IDS instance. When ca…
Locking question
Hi all Using 4GL (7.20) I am looking for a way of doing the equivalent of a shared table lock on a row. The idea is to prevent a user coming along and taking an exclusive lock on the row (and updating the information), but at the same time allowing many users to view it. Not s…
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…
record locked
On the order table (IDS 9.40) I had a record locked for quite a while. I could not even read it. (Could not fetch row error appeared from dbaccess). I could work fine with all of the other records on that table, insert, delete, update without any problem. I think there was a li…
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…
Locking problem
Hi Everybody One table has got locked and the error number itis giving is 244 and 107(ISAM error) Before that delete query was fired on the above table but it was not executed and was in running mode and the session got closed. Now how to get rid of these error msg Table is lo…
Parametro TXTIMEOUT
vesf wrote: > Hola, quisiera saber si alguno de ustedes me puede informar que quiere > decir el parametro del onconfig TXTIMEOUT 0x12c, a cuantos segundos se > refiere. Gracias de antemano. Salu2... > /Translation Hello, I wanted to know if some of you can tell me what the onconf…
Re: Reducing checkpoints
hope NO RAID 5 NO RAID 5 NO RAID 5 for starters: CKPTINTVL 360 # Check point interval (in sec) i would set it much bigger so you get a checkpoint each half hour be aware that fast recovery may take longer in case of a crash. also i assume that > PHYSFILE …
Looking for Replenishment Software
We have a custom Warehouse Distribution system written in 4GL (Fourjs BDL) using an IDS database. About 150,000 part numbers and 10 years of transaction history. Our Parts Replenishment is a hand coded program that lacks intelligence for trends/spikes/etc. Can anyone recommend …
RE: Reducing checkpoints
Have you got KAIO turned on? How many dbspaces/chunks/disks have you got? Are your chunks cooked or raw? onstat -d Keith -> -----Original Message----- -> From: PapaKiKi [mailto:agwanzura@okzim.co.zw] -> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:13 PM -> To: informix-list@iiug.org -> Subjec…
Reducing checkpoints
Post the results of onstat -a onstat -g iov please. -- Neil Truby t:01932 724027 Director m:07798 811708 Ardenta Limited e:neil.truby@ardenta.com "PapaKiKi" <agwanzura@okzim.co.zw> wrote in message news:1150748005.559…
Performance issue after 732 to 94fc6 upgrade
See below: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Fossmeyer <ids@iiug.org> > At: 6/12 20:13:55 > > > Part 2 of posting > > onstat -c > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC6 -- On-Line -- Up 2 days > 19:54:35 > -- 2325280 Kbytes > <SNIP> > TBLSPACE_STATS 0 # Maintai…
locking and index
Can someone explain me the locking mechanism on indexes ? If the table is on row lock mode, are the indexes always row locked ? Or are there other considerations ? We are in ID7.3, we plan to migrate to IDS10. Is there a difference about locking with indexes attached or detached…
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?…
locks on sysprocplan
I have a couple of questions on locks on sysprocplan. I came across several threads in this newsgroup where this has been previously discussed but just want to confirm some of the facts stated in those threads and my own conclusions based on what I read in those threads. One thi…
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/…
Aborted Long Transaction
HPUX-11 IDS 9.21.HC4 I have been seeing some weird errors in my online log. 08:32:09 Aborting Long Transaction: tx 0xa2f427f0 no user info due to XA or distributed (2-phase commit) transaction 08:32:09 Aborting Long Transaction: tx 0x9e236188 no user info due to XA or distri…
Re: program hangs
i assume you are using shared mem connections; if so you may need to do something about the kernel. semmnu comes to mind -->> check the rel notes for it. and try and set NETTYPE ipcshm,1,150,CPU for now try use tcp connections. it should be tcp_govaerts please check your sqlh…
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…
informix lock
Table not Select the file is locked informix. Help! Thank!…
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!…
update statistics - distributions
Talk to IBM. Certainly update statistics with distributions will briefly take locks on system tables so you will need to set lock mode to wait 30 for applications and at the start of the update statistics script.…
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.…
freeing locks
I used to know how to find stuck locks when we were on Unix and using IDS 7.31 We are windows now and do not have onmonitor. I guess all I have is onstat -k How do I get a pid from that output I can onmode -z that puppy ? Or is there a better way? sending to informix-list…
Locks and Buffers
We have IDS 9.x running on XP In a Client/Server application environment, what would be a good general rule to set the LOCKS and BUFFERS in ratio to the amount of memory? Regards David Reed david.reed@tollink.co.za sending to informix-list…
Locks and Buffers
We have IDS 9.x running on XP In a Client/Server application environment, what would be a good general rule to set the LOCKS and BUFFERS in ratio to the amount of memory? Regards David Reed david.reed@tollink.co.za sending to informix-list…
set lock mode to wait
hello, regarding lock mode wait behavior, if i set lock mode wait to 10 - does informix wait for 10 before re-trying it or does it keep hitting it repeatedly up to the count of 10 ? thanks, tom…
RE: Set Lock Mode To Wait 30 in environment?
Mike: "VI? Notepad? Hmmm... you should use MS Word; it's a much better product for writing!" And how many times has a customer come in and asked me to make a change and wonder why I wasn't using a word processor to edit my programs!? Rob -----Original Message----- From: owne…
RE: Set Lock Mode To Wait 30 in environment?
Rob, > One of the first things I did when I took over as the Sr. > DBA/Analyst on > site was to STANDARDIZE all of the ad hoc code and rewrite all of the > crons. I do NOT like to use global variables in programming. > By using > standardized variable and naming conventions, a…
RE: Set Lock Mode To Wait 30 in environment?
This is where programming techniques standardization came in to play here at my customer site. Now, I'm NOT a programmer, I'm a logistician. However, I wind up having to fix most of the ad hoc stuff and write all the heavy analysis jobs on the database. Almost DAILY, we have a …
Set Lock Mode To Wait 30 in envirionment?
This is IDS 9.4 . There are many programs around here (c++/ado/Windows) where programmers did not set the lock mode anyplace in their programs. Changing DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT won't help. What I would like is to cause the default behavior to wait N seconds. I cannot find any ONCONFI…
Re: Config for OLTP system
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:38:20 +0100, "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote: Opinions listed below . . . >IDS 10.0 v3 on Solaris 9. > >I'd be grateful for any comments on this OLTP system onconfig about to go >live on a SunFire v480 with 2 processors and 8GBytes of RAM. I …
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…
Re: ONCONFIG - comments
Juan Pablo wrote: My comments below: > Hi: > Let me begin by saying thanks to all of the frequent posters to this group. > I wanted to offer my config for comments. > thanks > ============================================================ > Hola: > Muchas gracias por el tiem…
LOCKS dynamically allocated in IDS 9 et more
Hi, In IDS 9.4 for example, the LOCKS are allocated dynamically (if needed) = by doubling the current locks table size up to 15 times without = exceeeding 100000 locks at the time. The locks allocated staty allocated = until the engine is brought down via onmode -ky. Does anyone…
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:…
Re: HELP ME WITH THE FAQ....Please review
mweallans@panacea.co.uk wrote: > David, > I'm qute willing to help with "What exactly is a long transaction" but > it needs a complete rewrite. It currently recommends using "onarchive" > and I'm not sure if that is still distributed. I don't even know if > informix would recom…
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: FW: Update statistics performance
no, the dbexport would attempt to take an exclusive lock on the database. UPDATE STATISTICS would at least take a shared lock so whichever runs second will fail.…
Need help!! Sql to Informix Migration
Not a lot of buffers for starters, this looks like an 'out-of-box' config, grab the performance guide, have a quick read and the use pf most the parameters will 'as if by magic' become clearer [cutting] > > SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a server > …
Re: install IIF_9.40.UC5.linux_tl.cpi to LINUX frdora 2 ONINIT problem
Hi, you do not want to use the server name "demo_se", because it has the wrong protocol specified. I guess that is the default thing after install, but sorry - it still doesn't work ... :-( So you remove the value "demo_se" from parameter DBSERVERALIASES in your onconfig file (…
Re: install IIF_9.40.UC5.linux_tl.cpi to LINUX frdora 2 ONINIT problem
Hi, you do not want to use the server name "demo_se", because it has the wrong protocol specified. I guess that is the default thing after install, but sorry - it still doesn't work ... :-( So you remove the value "demo_se" from parameter DBSERVERALIASES in your onconfig file (…
Please tell a solution for the below mentined problem - linux related
Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following problem: Failed to get a file lock: Failed to lock '/root/.gconfd/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured, or a hard NFS client crash caused a s…
Please tell a solution for the below mentined problem - linux related
Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following problem: Failed to get a file lock: Failed to lock '/root/.gconfd/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured, or a hard NFS client crash caused a s…
RE: orphaned lock process
may be the transaction is not completed, is it a distributed transaction ? if it is, then, one of the option is, - make sure there are no distributed transactions running on the database - issue onstat -x and identify the transaction (the fifth character in the flag will be a 'G…
RE: orphaned lock process
may be the transaction is not completed, is it a distributed transaction ? if it is, then, one of the option is, - make sure there are no distributed transactions running on the database - issue onstat -x and identify the transaction (the fifth character in the flag will be a 'G…
Update statistics
There is a way to drop distributions without running 'update statistics low' You may use the SQL command: DELETE FROM sysdistrib WHERE tabid = (SELECT tabid FROM systables WHERE tabname = '<the_table_in_question>'); Disadvantage of this approach is that this is a hack rather t…
unlocking locks
Hi All, What is the easiest way to list down all the locks and kill them ( particular lock ) . I have some procedures which locks a tables. Sometimes these procedures break causing the tables to be locked. We are trying to find out which procedures are actually causing the proble…
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…
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…
Row / Page Locking?
Whats the best way to find out if a table is being row or page locked?…
Database is locked?
Hi guys, Can anyone help me to unlock a database in IDS 7.31? I got this Error message: 329: Database not found or no system permission. 178: ISAM error: Database is locked; pending change to logging mode. Error in line 1 Near character position 22 I have tried to unloc…
cursor stability isolation mode
Hi, In order to get a shared lock (using cursor stability in a transaction) on a particular row is it necessary to use "select * from tab_name where..."? I tried with "select 1 from tab_name where..." and the only lock I am getting is IS lock on the entire table instead of S loc…
Re: Informix locking & transactions
Lock Mode is Row Isolation Level is Committed Read.…
RE: shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory already exists
Hi Sergey. This error messages means can not create shared memory. Make sure output of ipcs command. Probably shared memory key exists. Try onmod -ky and oninit again. OR Reboot your machine. Regards. -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: sshumilov@yahoo…
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'?…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Locking issues
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_01C48A10.FCD7AFC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We had to move from an old SE database to IDS 9.4 and …
Locking Question
Hi Informixers, we have a legacy application that generates unique keys according to the following schema: YYLLNNNN where YY is two-digit year, LL is location id and NNNN is sequential number for combination YYLL. The programmer implemented this function by doing "select max(ke…
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…
Re: IDS9.4/AIX5.2 performace degradation
Dalibor Krleza wrote: I may have missed it in your long post, but I didn't see anything about disc layouts or number of CPUs. Also I may have missed it as well but I couldn't see any output from "onstat -g iof" or "onstat -g iov". I have commented on your onconfig anyway. > OK …
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…
Re: OnConfig parameters tuning
Laverio wrote: > Hi guys, I'm trying to speed up an IDS 9.30 on a Sun 7.5 system w/ 2Gb ram > and 4 processors that seems very slow on a large sequential write (I suppose > that the problem resides in the dbspaces on filesystem...). Any suggestion? > > My onconfig it's set as fol…
Re: DB Server Alias
abanero@supereva.it (Abanero) wrote in message news:<ad9fb198.0405270320.7bc98fd5@posting.google.com>... > 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 …
Remote LONGTX with no userthread in 9.30 UC6 W4
...forgive the long copy and double post on ids (was having problems posting here), but it has been a while, I'll post at the top to save you time... What is the difference in the following commands? onmode -H <address> forget heuristically completed transaction onmode -Z <a…
Remote LONGTX with no userthread in 9.30 UC6 W4
...forgive the long copy, but it has been a while, I'll post at the top to save you time... What is the difference in the following commands? onmode -H <address> forget heuristically completed transaction onmode -Z <address> heuristically complete specified transaction The admi…
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: Informix Network Connection
So do I. "Lello, Nick" <Nick.Lello@nielsenedi.com> wrote in message news:c2vte7$r5e$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Thomas, > > I believe the correct network connection type for linux is tlitcp not > soctcp. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.or…
RE: Informix Network Connection
Thomas, I believe the correct network connection type for linux is tlitcp not soctcp. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ronayne Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:03 AM To: informix-list@iiug.or…
Informix Network Connection
I am unable to figure out how to make a network connection and would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. On my Slackware Linux 9.1 system, Informix Dynamic Server 7.30.U, I'm trying to get the network connection working (so I can use PHP with Informix). The sha…
Re: Informix, PHP, Apache
Does phpinfo() say --with-informix? Thomas Ronayne wrote: > I've managed to get myself completely confused. Can anyone tell me what > to set and where in httpd.conf and php.ini so PHP can connect to an > Informix data base (an example would be most helpful)? I'm running > Slack…
Re: Remote LONGTX with no userthread in 9.30 UC6 W4
TBP wrote: > rdtbra wrote: >> We use here IDS 9.30.UC6W4, running in SunOS 5.7. Both Informix >> and Solaris are 32 bits. For the second time we have reached a >> situation where the instance shows a LONG TRANSACTION marked with >> flags --H--G and userthread 0. When this instan…
Remote LONGTX with no userthread in 9.30 UC6 W4
Hello all. We use here IDS 9.30.UC6W4, running in SunOS 5.7. Both Informix and Solaris are 32 bits. For the second time we have reached a situation where the instance shows a LONG TRANSACTION marked with flags --H--G and userthread 0. When this instance is started, after the fas…
Informix, PHP, Apache
I've managed to get myself completely confused. Can anyone tell me what to set and where in httpd.conf and php.ini so PHP can connect to an Informix data base (an example would be most helpful)? I'm running Slackware 9.1, Apache 1.3.29, PHP 4.3.4, Informix 7.30.UC5. My onconfig …
Re: Connecting to new database within Informix Instance
Hi again. Execute the following command. /usr/sbin/ping arcdb e.g) etorofu 27: /usr/sbin/ping bygzam -n 3 PING bygzam: 64 byte packets 64 bytes from 172.16.105.171: icmp_seq=0. time=6. ms 64 bytes from 172.16.105.171: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 172.16.105.171: icmp_s…
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…
Re: Puzzling performance issue?
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:14:40 -0500, Eric wrote: Eric, comments and suggestions below: <SNIP> > Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD4 -- On-Line -- Up 4 days 17:31:46 > -- 315104 Kbytes > > Profile > dskreads pagreads bufreads %cached dskwrits pagwrits bufwrits %cached 4…
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.…
Lock tables
Hi, we are running IDS 7.3 on SCO Openserver Enterprise 5.0.5 We have the next 4GL module: .................. .................. .................. BEGIN WORK while for ... if ... SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT insert .... end if end for if ... for ... if ... SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT upd…
Informix isolation levels
First of I have read the manuals. I am have difficulty with and application that have written to work against Informix or Oracle and the developer is saying that the way Informix handles transactions is wrong. In Oracle, user1 begins a transaction and updates a row, but doesn't…
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…
lock mode
Hi all, is there an enviroment var so set lock mode? I have some batch files, I am not allowed to change this files, but I am able to set the eniviroment! So I have to try this! Thanks Sven -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mac Horn [mailto:Mac.Horn@VITALPS.COM] Gesendet: …
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…
Locked Tables
Hi there, I get locked table problems more and more these days. How do I manage them, get rid of them, prevent them, etc, etc. And sometimes I also get system catalog tables that are being locked................like the following one: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot read system…
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 portfolio
> Do jou have any information, desciption or links about informix : > - support to 2pc and 3pc Presumably you mean distributed transactions (2- or 3- phase commit)? I don't know about 3pc but Informix supports XA as well as a proprietary distributed protocol (when talking direct…
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…
no checkpoint
Yes, I am using 64 bit Informix, The max LRU can be 512. So the only drawback from long checkpoint interval is longer recovery?? that's it??? "Franklin Tang" <franklin@macauslot.com> ���g��l��s�D :badmbv$eqo1@ctmsun0.macau.ctm.net... > Dear All, > I just want to know if I…
Row Locks When Transaction Logging is turned off
No --- transaction logging and locking are not the same thing. In fact without transaction logging, the role of locking is even more critical. M.P. "Anthony.Oje...." <Anthony.Ojeda@LW To: ids@iiug.org .com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Row Locks When Transaction Logging is turned off …
identifying locks and long locks
Hi, One of our legacy application is being turned logging. We are just converting the database from an unlogged to an unbuffered log. There is no change in application. Right now we are testing whether our application is logging compliant, as it exists now. We sometimes get erro…
lock mode
hi everyone, How can I tell which lock mode of the database table is? IDS 7.31 AIX 4.3.3…
Running out of locks
Last night while running an update for ~17k rows Informix reported to me that I was out of locks. At the time I was the only user in the database, the table had row level locking on and the max # of locks was set at 50000. I increased the locks to one hundred thousand and still g…
Locks
I am just starting to use Informix and I have read a lot of documentation about locking but I am more interested in best practices. This question is not specific but any recommendation or personal experience is welcome. My problem is the next, suppose that I have a table call cl…
large chkpoints with update program running
>>PHYSDBS physspace >>PHYSFILE 10000 > >Way too small. You're checkpointing more quickly than every 10 minutes because >your PHYSLOG is too small. Based on what I can see in the message log, you need >at least 50000. ok, our checkpoints are almost always every 10 …
RE: KAIO and HPUX 11.0 with multiple Informix 7.31 instances
Don't know if it's true for ver. 7.31 also, but for 9.21 the resident memory segment MUST be locked in (i.e., resident) for KAIO to work. I agree with David -- with that many instances, there's a good chance that the resident segments for at least *some* of them are not getting …
KAIO and HPUX 11.0 with multiple Informix 7.31 instances
It works fine for me, IDS 9.20 FC2 on HP-UX 11.0 Your SHMVIRTSIZE looks very small. Do you notice further segments being allocated (via onstat -m, or onstat -g seg)? If so, you should increase the size of SHMVIRTSIZE until this doesn't happen. Also, although not realted to yo…
Lock
Hi DBAs, How will I get a list of locks pertaining to one database in a database server? Onstat -u will give me a list of all the session with a coloumn "lock" . But this will give me only the system wide locks used. I want it perticularly for one database in a database server. …
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…
Re: World's No.1 SQL server!! PostgreSQL defeated Oracle, MS SQLserver, DB2, Sybase, Interbase....!!!!
>what were the benchmarks for transaction failure and recovery time? >how about distributed transactions? >what's that? postgesql doesn't have transactional integrity? no Yes, it does have transactions. >distributed transaction support? oh. oh well. i wonder who came up >w…
World's No.1 SQL server!! PostgreSQL defeated Oracle, MS SQLserver, DB2, Sybase, Interbase....!!!!
what were the benchmarks for transaction failure and recovery time? how about distributed transactions? what's that? postgesql doesn't have transactional integrity? no distributed transaction support? oh. oh well. i wonder who came up with the benchmarks. i need a real dat…
Re: Update Statistics and lock modes
keith.ponnapalli@verizon.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to run update statistics on a table with several indexes (including composite indexes) as recomended by Informix. (ie: High mode for head column and low for (col1,col2,..)). I am running these from a shell script and …
Update Statistics and lock modes
keith.ponnapalli@verizon.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to run update statistics on a table with several indexes (including composite indexes) as recomended by Informix. (ie: High mode for head column and low for (col1,col2,..)). I am running these from a shell script and …
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 …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
Informix/Baan/AIX Performance
"Anderson, Andy" wrote: > > We are experiencing performance issues since upgrading to AIX 4.3.3 from > 4.3.2. The Informix database configuration has not changed and all the > latest patches/fixes have been applied to the OS. We are running on a > AIX4.3.3 / Informix7.31.UC3X1 / …
Locking in INFORMIX 4GL.
You must check the row LOCK, IF row LOCK is for BLOCK than the LOCK is more de one ROW for LOCK, IR row LOCK is for ROW than the LOCK is one ROW for LOCK Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.…
RE: performance with very active threads
Tam Comments below on onconfig. Is KAIO available on SCO Unixware? Your AIO maxlen look long to me. The problem looks to me in the application. The engine must wait for all threads to get out of critical sections before starting the checkpoint, but then there is the time tak…
performance with very active threads
I forgot to include my onconfig file. From a posting i read the other day, I can see there a few things I can do the next time I restart the engine: unset TBLSPACE_STATS and reduce my PHYSFILE size. PHYSDBS rootdbs PHYSFILE 10000 LOGFILES 21 LOGSIZE …
Finding locked tables in SE
We have SE on HP-UX. Having a problem with people locking tables and forgetting to unlock them. They are scattered all over Minnesota, so tracking them down geographically is difficult. "wall" is too disruptive and often they have turned away from their workstations. Is there…
RE: On the behalf of another hapless soul, v.5.10 issue
This sounds like an OS tcp configuration problem, the users that can't reconnect are problem being blocked in some sort of FINWAIT type problem, what are you seeing on the netstat when this occurs and what are your kernel tcp settings Paul Watson WF Software Ltd Tel: +44 1436 67…
LONGTX message during engine startup
Here's the message: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC2 -- On-Line (LONGTX) -- Up 00:06:56 -- 323584 Kbytes Blocked:LONGTX From online.log: 15:33:11 Continuing Long Transaction (for COMMIT): tx 0x8fc70cb4 no user info due to XA or distributed (2-phase commit) transact…
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…
Oninit showed zeor CPU time
In article <8liipe$fnp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Wayne Trieu <trieu@ti.L- 3Com.com> writes >Hello, > When I do "ps -ef | grep oninit" I got couples "oninit" process >run but at lease three on them showed CPU time is zero. I wonder why and >how to I find out which oninit does what? …
Re: Lots of locks
From: gorgos@my-deja.com > >I've got a customer that has an application that keeps running out of >locks. We've upped the LOCKS in onconfig, but I'm reluctant to keep >doing this due to extra requirement of shared mem. Is there a way of >finding out how many locks the applicati…
Re: Lots of locks
From: gorgos@my-deja.com > >I've got a customer that has an application that keeps running out of >locks. We've upped the LOCKS in onconfig, but I'm reluctant to keep >doing this due to extra requirement of shared mem. Is there a way of >finding out how many locks the applicati…
Re: Monitoring lock tables
Mauro wrote: > > Informix 7.24 UC1 > > How Can I see the lock tables (just in this moment) in the data base. > Is possible to monitoring to level lock of rows in the lock table. How Can > I? > I can see tables with: > > select * tabname from syslocks > > but I don?t kno…
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…
IDS 7.31 on DEC Unix
About month ago I have performance problems on 2 CPU DEC Alpha and one of advises was to add more CPUs. So we change old one Alpha with new one. New is Alpha 4100 with 4 CPUs and 2G of RAM. KIO is enabled. Now I have some problems: *************** 1. problem *******************…
SysProcPlan Problem
I have a problem with a table lock. The table "sysprocplan" sometimes locked, the "sql statement" is a temporaly table create, insert and update for this table. When other user with another connection try to execute the same sql statement sometimes the sysproctable is locked. But…
SysProcPlan Problem
I have a problem with a table lock. The table "syprocplan" sometimes locked, the "sql statement" is a temporaly table create, but the lock not always happend. I dont know why???…
locks
How do you remove an orphaned lock from systables? The process and session id has ended but I am unable to delete from the smi tables. Meanwhile the table has an intent-exclusive table lock. TIA Doug…
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…
RE: Upgrade of locks
>===== Original Message From Henry Benoit <Benoit.Henry@Galvalange.lu> ===== >Hello, > > >I've got a question about upgrade of locks. >Can informix upgrade a lock and promote at a higher level. > >For example : I have a table with 200,000 records and i do >an update for the entir…
Upgrade of locks
Hello, I've got a question about upgrade of locks. Can informix upgrade a lock and promote at a higher level. For example : I have a table with 200,000 records and i do an update for the entire table. The lock mode is row. Can Informix detect that the process is locking about …
Re: Record Locking
Jonathan Leffler wrote: > rajiv wrote: > > > is it possible to lock a row in informix if yes can u suggest me the > > precise step > > In a programming language (eg ESQL/C), declare a cursor for > a SELECT statement with the FOR UPDATE clause appended. When > you fetch that row…
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…
Problem with distributed transactions
Hi, We are using an Informix 7.23.UC11 On-Line Database, on HP-UX 10.20 with MC-/Service Guard on two HP9000-K380, and TUXEDO v6.3. Following a crash on one server, due to a hardware problem, we use the second server for he high-availability of the application, we obtain one di…
Informix OLEDB and MTS
Hi all, I using the OLEDB Provider 2.0 from Informix, but I think this Driver doesn't support transaction within MTS. Because of this I used the Informix ODBC Driver 3.30 32Bit wich supports transactions, but this Driver is very slow. Does anybody know if there exist an OLEDB Pr…
Shared memory as default communic. protocol
>ubject: Shared memory as default communic. protocol >From: meloi@my-deja.com >Date: 26.04.00 17:11 W. Europe Daylight Time >Message-id: <8e70tr$636$1@nnrp1.deja.com> > >We have Baan IVb2 >Porting set : 6.1c.04.02 >OS-release : AIX4.3.2.0 >IDS Version: 7.31.UC5 >Box:BULL RL >CPU…
JDBC and lock mode to wait
Hallo, I use JDBC-Driver and Informixdatabase in a Project and have some problems with locking. When I set the lock mode to wait ("set lock mode to wait"), how long is this lock mode set? Is it only for the next statement, or for a hole transaction or for the hole connection to…
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…
Re: Memory problems? Please help.
From: "Vincent Kennedy" <vkennedy@torex.co.uk> > >I'm running data conversion routines on SCO UNIX 5.05 using Informix v7. > >They used to be executed during a shell script containing abotu 30 >programs. >However, this was poor for maintenance and distribution so one exe was >com…
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…
Re: alter table to --> lock mode row ??
From: t1716@sltung.com.tw (�F��) > >if table was page lock mode , >how can i command table to be row lock mode ? ALTER TABLE x LOCK MODE (ROW); You really should RTFM: http://www.informix.com/answers ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free …
alter table to --> lock mode row ??
if table was page lock mode , how can i command table to be row lock mode ?…
Re: LOCKS urgent
No. From: George Ayou <gayou@SSG.PETsMART.com> > >does Informix change the level of table locks? and why. > >for example, from row lock to page lock or table lock ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com…
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…
Locking once again
Hello everybody, Informix manual says the default lock mode is page locking. Is it possible to change the default locking for the entire database, without changing it for every table? Thanks. Dmitri…
Borland Delphi and Informix
Do you have PDQ enabled? If so you could try disabling it. . . . (This is only a very vague guess - I'm an analyst programmer, not a DBA but we run an E4000 Solaris/Informix machine and have also had problems of this nature recently - turns out you need a more powerful machine t…
Some questions about Dynamic Server - HELP
Hi, I am preparing a comparision of different RDBMs for my boss. I am curious about some questions (I can't find answers on Informix site). What phisical limitations for database elements does Dynamic Server have? I.e.: maximum count of tables = max size of one table = max size…
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…
Re: checkpoints taking as much as 25 secs
Try modifying your LRU's to something like 63. Make your page cleaners equal to your LRU's value. I find I get considerable performance from my server set this way. As well, checkpoints on high end machines running hundreds of users using ~10GIG+ databases range from 1 -2 secs. …
Distributions and dostats
In article <81edpn$249$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, kagel@bloomberg.net writes >In article <81cbr3$j13$1@news.xmission.com>, > Dick.Brieck@chase.com wrote: >> >> >> Greetings. I have a few questions regarding using distributions with >IDS. >> We're currently using >> IDS 7.30.UC6 on Sola…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Re: Very slow index generation.
En Pons Roca, Isidre va escriure el dia 25 Oct 99, a les 9:10: > Hi all. > > This weekend I have reorganized my database. > > I have changed slow disks (SCSII-2 of 2Gb) for new disks (FW- > SCSII of 8.5 Gb) > My instance of Informix has a size, of data, of around some 14Gb. > >…
Replication and HA into Database
Hi all. I need to know how many of you use CDR/HDR and in your own words what's your opinion? Also what is the recommendation for a Cluster, it should be configured by Software or by Informix? What version of Informix do i have to use ? What is the behavior of Informix into a HA…
Very slow index generation.
In article <7v1030$qc8$1@news.xmission.com>, Pons Roca, Isidre <ipons@dtgna.altanet.org> writes > >Hi all. > >This weekend I have reorganized my database. > >I have changed slow disks (SCSII-2 of 2Gb) for new disks (FW- >SCSII of 8.5 Gb) >My instance of Informix has a size, of da…
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…
Re: Error -25588 and errno 22 from shmat()
Well, I think I found something. I looked at the truss output for a few different programs, and found that the programs that fail are trying to attach the IDS shmem segment below their break address, which is rightfully invalid. Every program tries to attach the segment at 0x00…
Re: Error -25588 and errno 22 from shmat()
Here's what I've got the values raised to: set semsys:seminfo_semmni = 2048 set semsys:seminfo_semmns = 2048 set semsys:seminfo_semmnu = 2048 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl = 25 set semsys:seminfo_semmap = 2048 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax = 671088640 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg = 64 I h…
Error -25588 and errno 22 from shmat()
Mmm, I had this exact same problem after upgrading to this version on HP-UX 10.20 and it was due to the kernel parameters for semaphores being set too low, it was the semaphore undo structures which needed to be changed in my case. Hope that helps. -- --------------------------…
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…
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…
RedHat 6.0 and IDS 7.30UC7
Ronald Cole wrote: > > I installed IDS on a dual processor Pentium Pro system running RedHat > 6.0 with the 2.2.5-22smp kernel. I was able to "oninit -i" and the > database initialized and came on-line. However, I am unable to do > anything with it. If I log in as user "inform…
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.…
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…
Correct use of the X/Open XA-Interface
Hi everybody! We want to do the transactional publish/subscribe in the context of a X/Open XA distributed transaction. We must think of two application scenarios: 1) the UDR's are called through ESQL, in a global distributed transaction context managed by CORBA OTS 2) the UD…
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…
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…
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…
RE: Lock issue with replicated server
Paul, Thanks for that info, as for an other workaround, we successfully created the two indexes by encapsulating the statements in a begin work/commit work. Thanks again, John -----Original Message----- From: PaulITID.Matthews@chase.com [mailto:PaulITID.Matthews@chase.com] Sen…
Re: Lock issue with replicated server
John, This seems to be a known bug/feature of Data Replication in that the secondary server puts a lock on the table on the primary when the secondary has to create an index associated with that table. The way round this problem is to run on a per session basis the SET LOCK MODE…
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…
Re: How to make both 'onipcshm' and 'onsoctcp' working ?
On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 01:56:50PM +0900, Gidon Sull wrote: > > A liner help would be highly appreciated if somebody > could advise. > > I'm trying to setup our BBS DB for running on DS (Linux), > with NETTYPE set to both onipcshm/onsoctcp, so that it's > available to the Windows…
Re: INFORMIX and utilization of system resources on HP-UX 10.20
Andrzej, It seems to me that you are using Baan. If that's so, you should check the following: 1. Use multiplexing. It will help a lot. Really. (you need porting set 6.1b.04 or later, check inf_maint6.1 -v) 2. Set LRU_MAX_DIRTY and LRU_MIN_DIRTY to 2 and 1 (Baan sugest those val…
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…
Re: Q: How is the transactional behaviour in an Informix DB implemented?
Filip, Informix supports XA if that's what you're after. We use 7.22 with Tuxedo 6.3. There are some restrictions on what statements you can use in your Tuxedo servers, since Tuxedo (or whatever TM) now manages the transactions and the connections: you can't commit, rollback, co…
Q: How is the transactional behaviour in an Informix DB implemented?
Dear all, The X/Open DTP (Distributed Transaction Processing) standard defines the protocols to make a DB transaction capable. Can anyone explain me how these protocols are implemented in an Informix DB system? Are there any general rules which are usually followed when makin…
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…
Logical Log
You need to increase the number of LOCKS, not LOGS. Madison Pruet…
Performance Tuning
Well, the first thing to do is to determine what your performance goals are, then do a comprehensive audit on the current system (os, database and network) under load. The system or db parametes you change will depend heavily on where any performance goals are defecient. When…
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…
Locks
Hi! When using COMMITTED READ as the isolation level, if a transaction (A) executes a SELECT...<an unique row>...FOR UPDATE and another transaction (B) does the same over the same row, this last transaction (B) will get the row... How can I know within transaction B that the rec…
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?…
How setup a database on different host.
Liu Jiachuan wrote: > > Hi, everybody. > > I want to ask you some question. > My environment is that the OS platform is SCO unix release 5.0.4, and the > informix is online 7.3. I don't know whether the informix can support the > distributed database. I have fulfilled that the pr…
row-locking-mode
Hi all My environment is an Informix-online 7.23 on AIX Unix Version 4. All tables on my database are working with page-locking-mode. Now I've heard about the row-locking-mode for tables. Is it clever to set all tables to row-locking-mode? I guess for some tables it is better w…
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…
Re: Two-Phase-Commit
You won't be able to do distributed transactions between an ANSI and non-ANSI database. rainer.von-bongartz@dil.de wrote: > I want to set up a two-phase-commit protokoll between an > unbuffered and an ANSI compliant database. > > I only get errors saying "cannot reference exter…
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…
table locking
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.…
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: Best database for web backend on Linux?
Why are you assuming that row level locking requires you to lock the data on read/browse??? LONG transactions are even better when you can get atomic, row-level, locks rather than page locks. Unless you mean true long transactions, then neither scheme is worthy of that. If you…
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: DS 7.23 performance
Hi Niclas, first, read your Release Notes concerning the SHMBASE settings. You just have about 2000 BUFFERS, that is, 4MB of memory for your cache and about 8MB for the virtual segment. It must be possible to increase your cache. Your complete configuration file looks a bit as …
Re: Monitoring lock tables
Art S. Kagel wrote: > > > If the rowidlk column of the syslocks VIEW is zero (0) the lock is a > table level lock. Otherwise if the keynum column is non-zero it is an > index key node lock, else it is a row or page lock depending on the > table's locking mode. > > Art S. Kagel O…
Re: Monitoring lock tables
Mauro wrote: > > Informix 7.24 UC1 > > How Can I see the lock tables (just in this moment) in the data base. > Is possible to monitoring to level lock of rows in the lock table. How Can > I? > I can see tables with: > > select * tabname from syslocks > > but I don�t kno…
Monitoring lock tables
Informix 7.24 UC1 How Can I see the lock tables (just in this moment) in the data base. Is possible to monitoring to level lock of rows in the lock table. How Can I? I can see tables with: select * tabname from syslocks but I don�t know if the tables are lock to leve…
LOCKS
Dear all, I have a question about LOCKS. If we configure LOCKS, let say 1.000.000, Online allocates about 40 MB of resident shared memory for LOCKS. So, When locks active i.e 6 users (i.e result of onstat -k), the allocated of shared memory still 40 MB, even the limit of locks …
Locking
Hi I have an Informix Database running on SINIX/Reliant Unix. The problem is the locking. When a user starts isql no other user can access the database. Where can I change it, so that several users can access the db ?? Thomas Ronzon Thomas.Ronzon@quantum.de…
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 …
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…
Re: LOCK TABLE in exclusive mode
until you say "commit work" which free the table lock (or unlock table when you do not use Transactions) the table is locked at a whole. this needs one lock. this statement doesn't change the locklevel at your table which is by default PAGE. you can see it whith the folloing sql…
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…
LOCK TABLE in exclusive mode
When I lock a table in exclusive mode using the LOCK TABLE statement on a table with row locking as default, does INFORMIX automatically promote the locking of this table to TABLE/PAGE LEVEL locking? Thanx Standard Disclaimer…
Re: Broken transaction
Nigel Gall wrote: > > Hi! > > Platform: Digital UNIX 3.0b > OnLine : 5.05.UC1 > 4GL : 4.13.UD1 Pcode Version 8 > > Is there any condition, aside from an error in programming, which would > cause half (or piece) of a transaction to occur and not the other, even > when both (o…
Broken transaction
Hi! Platform: Digital UNIX 3.0b OnLine : 5.05.UC1 4GL : 4.13.UD1 Pcode Version 8 Is there any condition, aside from an error in programming, which would cause half (or piece) of a transaction to occur and not the other, even when both (or all) commands are within the begin…
Re: Broken transaction
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Nigel Gall wrote: > Platform: Digital UNIX 3.0b > OnLine : 5.05.UC1 > 4GL : 4.13.UD1 Pcode Version 8 > > Is there any condition, aside from an error in programming, which would > cause half (or piece) of a transaction to occur and not the other, even > w…
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: 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: DSA TUNNING: SHARED MEMORY
Javier Puente wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------36FE63984788 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I folks, i would like to tunning DSA Shared Memory to get a better > performance. > I am using DS…
Re: view table
>Dear Listers: > >We have a master employee table with thousands of records. Whenever a >department updates its records it will lock other ppl records as well ( we >are using the default page level locking). What's the best way to handle Alter the table to use row level locking?…
Re: Exceptions in stored procedures
Bill Weaver wrote: > > If I have SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT 5 and I attempt to lock a table in exclusive mode > and the table is locked by another user when the lock is first attempted, will > the exception be raised at the initial lock attempt or only if the lock attempt > failed aft…
Exceptions in stored procedures
If I have SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT 5 and I attempt to lock a table in exclusive mode and the table is locked by another user when the lock is first attempted, will the exception be raised at the initial lock attempt or only if the lock attempt failed after the 5 seconds were up? ---…
TP/XA Informix and Transaction Servers
Hi ! Follwing is a press release from Informix, dated December 10, 1996. It states that Informix will support Microsoft's Transaction Server and that they will develop integrated client-connectivity components for = use with Transaction Server.=20 I'd like to find out if this p…
Microsoft Transaction Server & Informix
Hi ! Follwing is a press release from Informix, dated December 10, 1996. It states that Informix will support Microsoft's Transaction Server and that they will develop integrated client-connectivity components for = use with Transaction Server.=20 I'd like to find out if this p…
Re: locking
In <01bd4bfd$5f328f40$6df3e7cc@service.beijing.informix.com> "Birdman" <fanjun@writeme.com> writes: >ANTS <sui@naseej.com> wrote in article <6e1dbo$bpd$1@news.xmission.com>... >> We have a 4GL program whenever it runs it will lock several tables. The >> problem is that the lock…
locking
Hi, We have a 4GL program whenever it runs it will lock several tables. The problem is that the lock will remain long enough more than the deadlock timeout parameter. Why? and the other ppl's work will be locked as well. The isolation level is set to repeated read, is that appr…
Re: dbimport - 512MB RAM not enough?
Don Miller wrote: > = > Greetings, all: > = > I've run into a problem using dbimport to re-create a large existing > database in a new dbspace on new disks - although the database unloaded= > using dbexport just fine, every time I try to use dbimport, it complete= s > less tha…
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: "LOCK MODE TO WAIT" seemingly ignored
Mark Stevans wrote: > Hi. I'm programming in ESQL/C on Solaris for Informix 7.12. After my > "CONNECT" statement, I issue the statement "SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT", and > then my app does lots of "INSERT" operations. No problem when I run the > app alone. > > But when I try to ru…
Re: "LOCK MODE TO WAIT" seemingly ignored
Hi, finderr on 271 also cites a full disk as a possible cause for this error. onstat -d will show if any of your dbspaces are full. -Bill > > Hi. I'm programming in ESQL/C on Solaris for Informix 7.12. After my > "CONNECT" statement, I issue the statement "SET LOCK MODE TO WA…
"LOCK MODE TO WAIT" seemingly ignored
Hi. I'm programming in ESQL/C on Solaris for Informix 7.12. After my "CONNECT" statement, I issue the statement "SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT", and then my app does lots of "INSERT" operations. No problem when I run the app alone. But when I try to run multiple copies of my app conc…
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…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au> wrote in article <3490B6CD.202C@agd.nsw.gov.au>... > Johan Andersson wrote: > > > So, *are you listening Anthony*, I propose the following test application, > > with an ever increasing transaction complexity, to show that the finer > > gra…
Re: Row and Byte locks
Satish, According to Online Adminstrator's Guide (ver 7.2, vol 1) the byte lock exists solely for rollforward and rollback execution and is generated only if VARCHAR data types is being used. A byte lock is created only in a logging database. A byte lock appears in on…
Row and Byte locks
Hi, if row lock - a lock placed on a single data row Byte lock - a lock placed on a row containing varchars Then, What does " The byte lock will only lock the portion of the row that is being modified " mean? - Training Course on Sys Admn -1 (cindy dowling , Elizabeth …
Re: LOCKING problem
You must lock these tables in EXCLUSIVE MODE, or all the new rows will have individual locks (the INSERT is inside an implied transaction).…
Re: SQL Server vs INFORMIX
On 7 Oct 1997 20:25:09 GMT, "Reiner Kunz" <Reiner.Kunz@pr-kunz2.M.eunet.de> wrote: >where's the problem of no row-level-locking? In your opinion each database >using other locking methods are garbage. So, please tell me where do you >see the big disadvantage of no row-level-locki…
Re: HELP!!! Pessimistic locking using ODBC
Systems Team wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm using Delphi2 with OpenLink multi-tier ODBC to link to an Informix 5 database. My > question is: > > How can I lock a row in a table? > > The Borland documentation suggests only optimistic locking can be done on SQL database > connections- b…
XA client support on NT
Does anyone know which level of Informix client do I need to get the XA (distributed transaction processing two phase commit API) support on NT 4.0? I currently have ESQL/C 7.20.TE1 for NT installed, and don't see any of the XA client DLLs. Will the NT client XA support work for…
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: Row and page locking - yet to di(e)
Vijay R. Anisetti (rambabu@sprynet.com) wrote: : Still, in the page-lock mode Informix needs to check only the zero : slot(s) : lock 'em and move on. Whereas in row-lock mode need to check for : slot/rowid : and maybe individual bytes (for varchar) within the page. So, tha…
Re: Row and page locking
Vijay R. Anisetti wrote: > > Bill Glidden wrote: > > > > davin_harvey@dsti.co.uk wrote: > > : Hi everybody, > > : =20 > > : Does anyone know if there is a difference in the time it takes to=20 > > : place a row lock rather than a page lock? > > : =20 > > : …
Question on promotable locks
Hi, after getting a promotable lock on a row, are other processes able to set NEW shared locks? This would be strange, as I thought that the promotable lock will announce my intend to do an upddate. If other processed can set new shared locks, I will - perhapes - newver promote …
Re: Row and Page locking - time difference
>> My theory is that a Page lock is quicker as there is a defined no. of >> bytes >> to lock all the time. Whereas for a row lock it requires to know the >> no. >> of >> bytes to lock and task of calculating the rowsize is compounded if it >> has any >> variable columns in size (…
'set lock mode to wait' not working
I am unable to get 'set lock mode to wait' on SE 7.1 to work on HP-UX. The locks work. When I lock a table in exclusive mode, I am unable to lock it anywhere else. The problem is, if I do a set lock mode to wait, I am unable to issue a lock and have it wait for the lock. It fail…
Re: how does ODS uniquely id transactions?
Wanda, I don't have an answer for you but I can back you up with my own little investigations. I tried it myself out of curiosity and got the same results. So this is not an entry in the journal of irreproducible results. I found some other anomalies: - When I specified a us…
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…
Re: ovlock=56
ogolde@impsat1.com.ar (Oscar Goldes) wrote: >Hello, >running onstat on Informix Online 7.2 I noticed the value >ovlock=56 >after two days up. >Is this value acceptable? Or should it be 0? It is best to prevent lock overflow from occurring during normal processing. >The value o…
Re: Online 5.03 real slow performance
In article <5j8qq8$m5h@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Thuc Nguyen <thucn@email.utcourts.gov> writes > >Hi everyone, > >I have spent a few days looking at the REAL slow performance problems >and have tried LRU_MAX-DIRTY/LRU_MIN_DIRTY,LTXHWM/LTXEHWM, >and BUFFERS adjustment. Nothing work…
Locked... or not?
Hello, I wonder if anybody can help me with this locking problem. I have a customer running C2000 phase 3 which in turn uses ISAM Ver.5.0. I'm developing a 'C' routine using ISAM Ver 6.11. The situation is this: One user amending a record in file X (in C2000) A 'C' program…
Locked... or not?
Hello, I wonder if anybody can help me with this locking problem. I have a customer running C2000 phase 3 which in turn uses ISAM Ver.5.0. I'm developing a 'C' routine using ISAM Ver 6.11. The situation is this: One user amending a record in file X (in C2000) A 'C' program…
Re: Best Tune for Online 5.02
Consider making the memory resident. I'd reduce the PHYSBUFF and LOGBUFF sizes dramatically -- to 64 kB or 128 kB each, usually. Allocate the saved memory to BUFFERS. You could verify that this is a good idea by looking at the tbstat output which reports on how those buffers a…
Re: OnLine 7.13 performance problems - comments please?
Ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk wrote: > > . .dra.com!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com� > . !rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!netcom.net.uk!not-for-mail > From: Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> > .Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix > Subject: OnLine 7.13 perf…
Re: OnLine 7.13 performance problems - comments please?
Hi, Your output shows quite a few waits in several areas. One thing you can try if you can spare the resources is to change your lock level on database tables to row level locking (if not set there already). This will ease contention for the tables. Your read cache is about as …
Re: OnLine 7.13 performance problems - comments please?
Neil Truby wrote: } } We're running OnLine 7.13 under Solaris 2.4, on a Sparc 20 with 160M of } memory. The load is increasing, and the users are complaining about } performance. } } Here's my onstat -p in the 12 hours since I zeroed the stats: } } Profile } dskreads pagreads bu…
Persistance of locks on a droped connection
I'm a bit new to Informix and am trying to find out what hapens to locks if an ODBC connection drops. I'm working on an application that will lock and retrive several rows into a spread sheet and then update the rows when the user finishes with the spreadsheet manipulations. I …
Re: Oracle & Informix connectivity/coexisting issues question
Dave Dargo wrote: > > > >4. Does Informix or Oracle provide assists for database access in a > mixed > > >database environment? > > Each supports their own product and ignores the other one. > > Actually, Oracle provides the Oracle Transparent Gateway for Informix. > This produ…
Re: Oracle & Informix connectivity/coexisting issues question
> >4. Does Informix or Oracle provide assists for database access in a mixed > >database environment? > Each supports their own product and ignores the other one. Actually, Oracle provides the Oracle Transparent Gateway for Informix. This product allows Oracle clients to acces…
locked tables
basically, we are running a tetra based c2000 package on top of onliine and when we go to post a large cash batch it says. table locked error. informix number of locks are set to 1,000,000 and c2000 locks are set to 20480 in the chconfig file. any ideas? ccarroll@netcentral…
Re: Oracle vs Informix comparison
David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <58if4p$oca@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, Rajashekar >Sundaramurthy <rajsekar@ix.netcom.com> writes >>You wrote: >> >> You are describing a synchronous replication scenario wherein the >>updating transaction waits for the…
Re:Locking...
Billy Wheeler wrote: }>From informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu Fri Dec 6 06:38:51 1996 }>Received: from rmy.rmy.emory.edu by hobbes.dbintellect.com via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI.AUTO) }> for <settler@dbintellect.com> id GAA22578; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 06:38:50 -0700 }>Receive…
Re: Locking...
On 4 Dec 96 at 20:34, Mik Hobbs wrote: > I've worked on a number of large multi-user informix databases and where > there are a number of users inserting / updating data in a table it has > always been necessary to have row level locking. > > It's not correct to state that row …
Re: Locking...
Romulo Albuquerque wrote: > > Hi All, > > I wish to know what locking mode is better: Row or Page Locking ? Please > help me. > > TIA, > > Romulo Albuquerque > Just my $.02 worth... We ran some experiments on locking, and it is important to lock records for as short a time as …
Re: Locking...
I've worked on a number of large multi-user informix databases and where there are a number of users inserting / updating data in a table it has always been necessary to have row level locking. It's not correct to state that row level locking only locks the row you're updating, …
Re: Locking...
Hi, Well the answer is it depends. Row locking can yield better performance, but at a price. You see you need more system resources with row level locking. If you use it you may need to up your LOCKS parameter in the onconfig which in turn requires more memory. My 2 cents, Bill…
Re: Locking...
On 2 Dec 96 at 22:59, Romulo Albuquerque wrote: > I wish to know what locking mode is better: Row or Page Locking ? Please > help me. As Bob Dole is alleged to have said: "Depends". Page locking is more efficient (faster), but can cause unnecessary locks (reduces concurren…
Re: Locking...
In <5802c5$anm@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> bicudo@elogica.com.br (Romulo Albuquerque) writes: >Hi All, > I wish to know what locking mode is better: Row or Page Locking ? Please >help me. My understanding is that page level locking has a performance benefit up until contention o…
Locking...
Hi All, I wish to know what locking mode is better: Row or Page Locking ? Please help me. TIA, Romulo Albuquerque…
SET CONTRAINTS and SET LOCK MODE
We are using a set contraints ... filtering without errors statement to facilitate fast deletes of records in a parent table, where child records exist. We set the constraints on the child table, after a violations table has been established for the parent. The strange thing is, …
Re: Asynchronous Replication
David Williams wrote: > > In article <574i98$4d9@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Carol Davies > <cdavies@csc.com> writes > >We had a demo of beta 7.2.2 from Informix yesterday for CDR. The GUI > >configuration administration is indeed run from a NT PC, and then > >configuration info is…
Re: lock mode problem
You can "ALTER TABLE xyz SET LOCK MODE TO ROW" to correct these. (page lock mode is the default) peter_jennings@uk.ibm.com wrote: >Configuration : ONLINE 5 & AIX 3.2.5 >We are opening a database with row locking, but according to tbstat -k the >locks on _some_ of the tables a…
Re: NO RESPONSE FROM SERVER PROCESS
Montree Saengchannukul wrote: } } Help me,please !!!!! } I use INFORMIX V.7.2 on IBM RISC/6000,AIX V.4.1.4. } (memory 256 MB,2 cpu) } I have some problem: } When my user can't connect to database (through ODBC) he tells me. } And in that time I call "onstat -i" it…
Re: MULTIPROCESSOR OPTION 7.13
Allen Jantzen <allenj@ndr.com> wrote in article <327fa20d.27552573@news.netline.net>... > The Informix DSA Administrators Guide, version 7.1, page 10-18 says > > "On some two-processor computers, you should only run one CPU virtual > processor because the overhead of synchronizin…
Re: Row Locks
In article <545vbh$bpp@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, nnob@loc.gov says... > > >On 16 Oct 1996 ibogorad@lhr-sys.dhl.com wrote: > >} In article <jtsuiDzBuqx.8ou@netcom.com>, jtsui@netcom.com says... >} > >} >Can Informix SE handle row locks and if possible, how? I am using SE v5.0 >} >b…
Re: Row Locks
On 16 Oct 1996 ibogorad@lhr-sys.dhl.com wrote: } In article <jtsuiDzBuqx.8ou@netcom.com>, jtsui@netcom.com says... } > } >Can Informix SE handle row locks and if possible, how? I am using SE v5.0 } >but can upgrade if necessary. } > } > } > } The only type of locking SE can hand…
Re: Row Locks
Justin Tsui wrote: > > Can Informix SE handle row locks and if possible, how? I am using SE v5.0 > but can upgrade if necessary. Hi Justin, the only granularities SE supports are table and row locks. Page locks are supported with the OnLine Server. Bye, Stefan. stefan@weiden…
Re: Row Locks
In article <jtsuiDzBuqx.8ou@netcom.com>, jtsui@netcom.com says... > >Can Informix SE handle row locks and if possible, how? I am using SE v5.0 >but can upgrade if necessary. > > > The only type of locking SE can handle is indeed row locking, page locking is only available in Onli…
Row Locks
Can Informix SE handle row locks and if possible, how? I am using SE v5.0 but can upgrade if necessary.…
Locks in SPL
Could someone please advise if they know of a way to force spl to wait a given period of time before returning an error when it encounters a locked row? I know you can set lock wait in 4gl and c but I don't believe this will work in SPL. Also, is there a global variable that ca…
Lock Temp Table
If I do a massive insertion into a temporal table, must I lock it ?…
Re: Locking
Weimin Yang wrote: > > Reijer Koopsen wrote: > > > > If I get a row with the select for update statement > > I want that every other connection gets an error message > > when the select the same row for update, not read only. > > > 1. ... > 2. ... > 3. Do a dummy update o…
Re: Locking
Reijer Koopsen wrote: > > I'm using informix online dynamic database server. > > On the client side, odbc met visual basic. > Odbc driver 2.10 from Intersolv. > > Problem: > > I want to lock a row exclusive ! > > If I get a row with the select for update statement > I…
Locking
I'm using informix online dynamic database server. On the client side, odbc met visual basic. Odbc driver 2.10 from Intersolv. Problem: I want to lock a row exclusive ! If I get a row with the select for update statement I want that every other connection gets an error messag…
Re: Newbie Q: ISAM error: non-exclusive access.
have you tried "set lock mode to wait" before locking, deleting or dropping? *** Disclaimer: These are the opinions of the poster not Amgen Inc.***…
Re: Locks/Committed Read Problem
wyang wrote: > > Mark Oberfield wrote: > } > } > lock on that row. This will lead to a deadlock and Informix will = > } > timeout. > > I don't think this will lead to a deadlock. Because there is only on lock, > committed read doesn't try to lock anything. If you have set lock w…
Re: Locks/Committed Read Problem
Try SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT Sean Bradley…
Re: Re[2]: HELP Informix Locks
tvarnas@compulink.gr (Apostolos Varnas) wrote: <snip> >it depends how the data you want to update is distributed on the pages.At the >worst case if it is distributed across 1000 pages you will need 1000 locks. <snip> >Assuming your data is stored contiguous it is then placed o…
Re: WWW and cgi and Informix
Robert Stuart (bobs@panews.press.net) wrote: : > "Larry Timmins" <timmins@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article : <01bb5cde.bb160c20$82f0b9cd@the-big-mipper>... : > : > If anyone is also working on distributed applications, involving PCs : with : > browsers : > surfing their Informix …
HELP Informix Locks
Does anybody know why Informix-Online 5.0 consumes locks at an incredible rate when updating a table even though the following statement has been issued: LOCK TABLE test IN SHARE MODE The lock type generated as shown by tbstat -k is HDR. Thanks in advance Vil…
Re: WWW and cgi and Informix
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Re: Advice for an Oracle Jock
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Informix Certified Professional Program Update
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Re: How to check if a table is locked
At 08:07 AM 5/18/96 GMT, Abdu wrote: >: I am working with SQL in a informix SE engine. I don't know how to check >: if a table is locked and the lock mode of the database. > >I don't know the answer. How about reading a value, updating and >comparing? LOCK MODE is something you …
LOCK TABLE
How can I lock a table during all the program ? If I use "LOCK TABLE IN EXCLUSIVE MODE", I only lock the table during the transaction, but what happen if my program has "n" transactions, I must lock the same table "n" times ?…
Re: Logical Logs
Dave writes: > Can anybody tell me an easier method for changing th logfile size on > I-Online 5.x than unloading the whole database and reloading it with a > new size? When we went through and redesigned the dbspaces and table > distribution, we brought the system back up with …
Re: Log files in Online 5.x
Hi, Unfortunately the only way I know of to change the log file size is to re-initialize. You can however add more log files which will help the long transaction situation. Just add some logs and then do a level 0 archive to enable them. -Bill > > Can anybody tell me an easier …
Re: Log files in Online 5.x
dave, > Can anybody tell me an easier method for changing th logfile size on > I-Online 5.x than unloading the whole database and reloading it with a > new size? When we went through and redesigned the dbspaces and table > distribution, we brought the system back up with very sm…
Re: concurrency problems ?
Is lock mode set to wait - if so, perhaps your wait time is not sufficient?…
Tips on a highly available & scalable dbms needed
We are trying to select a relational database that will have the following properties: - Windows NT compatible: use native NT threads, and not be just a Unix-port to NT. Plus all of the product (tools, APIs, etc.) must function in the NT environment. - Scalable: up to 100 milli…
Re: Transaction Log Errors in SEv5.03
(continued) If the problem is the number of UNIX locks you may try to lock the table before the update... Fernando…
Re: Oracle replication wasRe: Sybase 11 TPCC on DEC (your comments please)
james.lawrence@epamail.epa.gov (Lawrence James) wrote: >In article <1f7cc$c2716.d4@news> Matthew Houseman <mhouseman@arborsoft.com> writes: >>isn't oracle replication simply PL/SQL? it may be easy to >>use, but don't we all feel the need for speed for this sort >>of technology…
Re: HELP! My log is gone and I can't get up
In article <DJMxpo.vo@cuug.ab.ca> kniver@cuug.ab.ca (Roy Knive) writes: >Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix >Path: news.voicenet.com!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!uunet.ca!news.uunet.ca!cuugnet!kniver >Fro…
Re: Query - Two Phase Commit
Hi Suchitra, If you need Two Phase Commit implemented within the DBMS you need to use OnLine, not SE. SE does not have any built in support for distributed transactions. OnLine fully supports distributed transactions, with 2PC. Chris Jenkins Suchitra Rao wrote: > I wish to de…
Re: Market Share
tkyte@us.oracle.com (Thomas J Kyte) wrote: [snip] >No it doesn't. SE is basically a cheap, small database with NO >Multithreaded Server >Parallel Anything >Transaction Logging >BLOB Support >Database Mirroring >Distributed Features >24x7 Support >Row-level Locking >Replication …
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Re: HELP : ODBC's physical-order read error message
Sure looks like you are trying to read a locked record…
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Locked Tables
Hello, Can anybody tell me how to find which user is accessing a table using Online V5.04. I have a situation where I need exclusive access to a table but can not get it.The table appears in the tbstat -t list, but nobody appears to be connected to that particular database. How…
Re: Locking
In article <43ujg0$7uf$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> 75442.2115@CompuServe.COM "Stanley Katzenstein" writes: > I am working in Informix V4 SE. The error occurs within a > PowerBuilder application. My problem is that I can't delete a row > from a table. The error…
Re: Locking
Stanley, I get this problem if the server has crashed while someone was using perform (add or update) - the row they were in stays locked even though the isql process has terminated. Check that this is the case (ie that=20 no one really is using that row [:-)], and try the follo…
Re: Locking
In article <43ujg0$7uf$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> 75442.2115@CompuServe.COM "Stanley Katzenstein" writes: > I am working in Informix V4 SE. The error occurs within a > PowerBuilder application. My problem is that I can't delete a row > from a table. The error…
Re: Locking
In article: <43ujg0$7uf$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Stanley Katzenstein <75442.2115@CompuServe.COM> writes: > > I am working in Informix V4 SE. The error occurs within a > PowerBuilder application. My problem is that I can't delete a row > from a table. The error I get i…
Locking
I am working in Informix V4 SE. The error occurs within a PowerBuilder application. My problem is that I can't delete a row from a table. The error I get is -263 with ISAM -107. Could not lock row for UPDATE. I am not sure how to resolve this problem. When in ISQL on UNIX I get…
ADJACENT KEY LOCKING
One of our customers recently upgraded from Standard Engine to Online version 5.02.UC6, and they're now frequently experiencing locking errors. I suspect that these are due to the key locking strategy used by Online, even though the system misleadingly returns error number -154 …
Re: Locks
>Clem -- >I have copy of an old post of yours regarding the subject of locks. >You say, "In summary, we use row locking and pump up the LOCKS value in the >ONCONFIG file as big as we can." > >How do you define "as big as we can"? Obviously we are talking about a >memory resource,…
Table locks
As read from the 4gl reference manual: Lock Table <Cut> Notes: 1. Only one lock can apply to a table at any given time. That is, if a user locks a table (in either SHARE or EXCLUSIVE mode), no other user can lock that table in either mode until the first user unlocks it From…
Re: SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT ?
Jon C. Vemo (jvemo@cyberspace.com) wrote: : At 11:51 AM 7/14/95 MDT, Jack Parker wrote: : > : >My 4gl 4.0 manual on page 7-223 documents SET LOCK MODE TO [NOT] WAIT. It : >gives no indication of a time you can set it to. I would imagine that this : >is an engine level command a…
Re: SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT ?
At 11:51 AM 7/14/95 MDT, Jack Parker wrote: >> >> >> In a recent mail exchange with another Informix programmer, he mentioned >> that it was possible to use "SET LOCK MODE TO WAIT 60" and have the >> system time out after the table was unavailable for 60 seconds. I've >> been di…
Distributed database
} Hello everybody. } } I've got a problem with data distribution - distributed database - over } network. We've got a "star network". Each site is connected with central } site. The problem is that the connection is via magnetic tape. } Could You advice me how to manage transacti…
Distributed database
Hello everybody. I've got a problem with data distribution - distributed database - over network. We've got a "star network". Each site is connected with central site. The problem is that the connection is via magnetic tape. Could You advice me how to manage transaction executio…
Re: Transaction Logging Multi-DB
>When using multiple databases and transaction logging is needed only >for one(db A), does logging need to be "on" for the other(db B)? The >application programs running in db A do lookups in db B, and vice >versa. We were told that for the "cross lookups" to work, logging >must …
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?…
Safe Kill
We have a need for a shell which we can distribute to some of our supervisors to kill processes for users who have not logged out of a database. Don't ask why, the reason is ugly. A friend of a friend picked the following shell off the network sometime ago and recommended it's …
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Re: Lock problem in online 5.0
The default lock mode is page, not row. You can change the lock mode this way: ALTER TABLE <table name> LOCK MODE(ROW) --- Leonid Ilyevsky NYNEX Science and Technology E-mail: leonid@nynexst.com 500 Westchester Ave. Phone:(914)644-2…
Kernel locks or file locks?
Hi, Sometimes a table gets locked up. We called informix and they said we needed to reboot the system to free up the locks, because we had kernel level locking. They said it was operating system dependant that determins whether we have file locks that can be easily removed or ke…
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Locks
In Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9407060806.A22251-0100000@dev.jcdc.eta.gov> paulw@dev.jcdc.eta.gov writes: > Currently we are run On-line 5.01 under AIX 3.2.4(?), and every now and > then we get an error indicating a table/row is locked. Is there any easy > way to view who has wha…
Locks
Currently we are run On-line 5.01 under AIX 3.2.4(?), and every now and then we get an error indicating a table/row is locked. Is there any easy way to view who has what currently locked in the system? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------…
ON-LINE GURU? Part time possible
I am looking for a high volume, large database specialist who knows Informix better than anybody else in the context of distributed, business transaction processing. We are a direct marketing company that works for many of the major PC software companies, processing software upg…
Locked Files
Thank you to those who answered my last question ('Locked Files'). For some reason most of the answers where about On-Line. So, I'd like to post the message again. I'm having a great trouble with 'locked files'. Every so often I get the error 242: Could not open database table (…
Locked Files
Newsgroup: comp.databases.informix Subject : 'Locked files' Organization: SRD, Italy Distribution: world Sender: mc5032@mclink.it (A.Brunamontini) I'm having a great trouble with 'locked files'. Every so often I get the error 242: Could not open database table (table_name) …
Record Locking
Hi There: I have two clients in their transactions as below. Client1----> begin work fetch a record R1 ..... update R1 commit work Client2-----> begin work fetch a record R1 update R1 commit Work Both the clients fetched the same record but client2 updat…
the file is locked
Can someone please help me? I'm running a 4gl program that creates and inserts records into a table. I have set the isolation to "dirty read" and I'm still getting the error message "SQL statement error number -271. Could not insert new row into the table. SYSTEM error number…
Transaction Locks
We are running Informix SE 5.o on Unisys U6000/100 using SVR4.0.1.2. Oflate we are having some problem with the updates in a transaction. Whenever the number of row updates in a transaction go beyond a couple of hundred records, we get an error "Unable to update row". Informix sa…
Locks
Hi all, Currently I am using VB 3.0 and Q+E multilink as a front end to the Informix database. However, when I develop applications that use more than three "Query" controls, it creates alot of locks at the engine level (server). I usually end up rebooting my PC and terminate…
concurrency control mechanism
Hi! I need to know what concurrency control mechanism informix 5.01 uses for concurrent distributed transactions. I know that it uses locking. Is that a 2PL? or does the sheduler compromize the serializability? Thanks a lot. sameer…
Lock types
I tried to to select the count of the number of rows in a table this afternoon and I received a message from ISQL that the table was locked. I ran 'tbstat -k' and received the following: RSAM Version 5.00.UC2 -- On-Line -- Up 7 days 05:12:00 -- 6208 Kbytes Locks address…
Re: Informix Online Problem
You don't mention the locking level on the tables involved. Did you use row level locking when creating the table? You could be having a problem if page or table level locking is being used. You may want to check the program as well as a 'lock table ?? in exclusive mode' may be …
Re: On-Line headache
Charles Lei writes: |> We changed over to On-Line 4.10 UG1 from SE 4.10 UD2 on our SCO Unix |> 3.2.4 486 Box. During the testing process everything worked great. |> We decided to "go live" with it this past weekend but unfortunately in |> the live environment (10 to 30 users), t…
P Publishes Highest Performance for TPC-C Benchmark - Uses INFORMIX-OnLine
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Re: Informix & Tuxedo
Excerpts from netnews.comp.databases.informix: 8-Jan-93 Re: Informix & Tuxedo David Kosenko@informix.c (782) > Note that two phase commit can only be accomplished using OnLine and the > TP/XA product. Two phase commit cannot be accomplished with SE. It > cannot be accomplished w…
Row locks
We've written a program that updates several rows in a table. We assumed that we may run into locking problems since these rows may be updated by another program. So... We test for the lock and if we can't lock the row, we issue an error message to inform the user that one of the…
Locked Table.
REPLY TO: CHARLEEN STONER REFERENCE: TABLE LOCKED BY USER MESSAGE (UNKNOWN USER) Charleen, I too, have experienced this error in SQL 2.10 and was stopped cold. When I called the Informix Maintenance people they thought it could have been an Informix bug during the compile st…
Timeout on locks
John R. Carter Sr. writes: > > [ ... Jonathan Leffler saying "wait for a lock" ... ] > > I concur with this concept. Still, the effort to correctly > implement a wait on a request to lock a record should be able to > identify the difference between a program/machine glitch and t…
turbo locks
We are running Informix Turbo engine and 4GL/SQL 2.10.03G on a Unisys 5000/95. (note, this is not On-Line, and not 4.0+). We were told in class when we run tbstat -k it shows table level locks, in exclusive mode, with a +X and last column=0, which is true. To figure out which ta…
locks
> > > > > > Cluster indexes are best on static tables. I have a clustered index in my > > zipcode table (cause we very rarely change that table). Clustering will > > improve your queries and deletes shouldn't affect the clustering (unless > > they are followed by adds). Update…
Hung Locks
Environment - Informix 4.0 Standard Engine I have a problem which has coincidentally occurred at two of my sites at nearly the same time (different applications and databases). It appears that a table has become locked out of the rest of the world, such that no one can access it…
Looking for info on Informix-Star
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Holding Locks?
Path: emory!ogicse!henson!n8420101 From: n8420101@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Chris A. Hopen) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Summary: Need to hold locks even after commit work! Message-ID: <1991Oct18.015545.29600@henson.cc.wwu.edu> Date: 18 Oct 91 01:55:45 GMT Organization: Western W…
Locked tables
I seem to have a rather frequent problem of when I want to alter a table, add a new index to it, etc., I find the table is locked for no apparent reason. There seems to be no SQL command I can find to force the table to be unlocked. I have to reboot the machine to unlock it. Ho…