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Not enough room in ROOT DBspace
Reduce the size of your PHYSFILE. You probably moved it to another dbspace after setting up the first server. Start it smaller, then create the plog dbspace and move it there and resize. j. On 1/4/17 4:09 PM, STEVEN AB wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a new server with the …
Upgrade from 10.00.FC6 - 11.70.FC1
Hi, I added more chucks into the dbspaces, and ran the conversion again. Here is the latest message. Any ideas would be appreciated. 11:47:25 Succeeded 11:47:25 Converting Partition Header Page 284:2017. 11:47:25 Converting Partition Header from version 10.00 11:47:25 Succeeded…
C UDR using mi_trigger_get_old_row() and mi_trigger_get_new_row()
Yes I effectivly received a NULL. But since I call the UDR from an SPL with trigger references I expected to received the old/new row. I just hoped there was a solution. Thanks for your help ------------------------------ Jean-Guy Charron ------------------------------…
An accurate timestamp in a stored procedure
Andrew: Yes, creating and calling a UDR is the only solution. I have a UDR coded that I can give you. Reach out to me directly. Example: > execute function adbm_gettimeofday(); (expression) 2025-02-06 10:54:14.73923 1 row(s) retrieved. Art ------------------------------ Art S. Ka…
Informix 14.10 FC11 WE on Red Hat 9.4 X64 - ids_install issues
Hi, I'm installing Informix 14.10 FC 11 WE as root on Red Hat 9.4 with Oracle JREJava 1.8 ( jre-1.8.0_421-oracle-x64 ) but the installer is encountering errors during installation (errors below from ids log) seems an issue with the JRE, also the Informix instance that is created…
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 ------------------------------…
Call API from INFORMIX 4GL
Another option is to wrap it up inside a Java UDR inside the database and call it as a regular procedure. ------------------------------ Steven Weiss ------------------------------…
C-UDR reusage of prepared statement
Hi Peter, I'm not that deep into C UDRs, but wouldn't another (SPL) UDR, invoked by your C UDR, solve the problem - it might be a little sub-optimal from performance perspective, though. BR, Andreas ------------------------------ Andreas Legner ------------------------------…
Starting up InformixHQ
Hi Scott & family. I was able to get the sign-in screen by browsing to maxwell2l:8080 and sign in with username "admin" and the password I had set in the properties file. (Remember, I only have HQ 2.3.1, not 2.3.4) This, without setting JAVA_HOME. I'll leave myself with Java-11…
UUID initialization failure IDS 14.10.FC8
The Java problem was in the file : $INFORMIXDIR/jvm/jre/lib/security/java.security in the section : # List of providers and their preference orders : security.provider.1=com.ibm.jsse2.IBMJSSEProvider2 security.provider.2=com.ibm.crypto.plus.provider.IBMJCEPlus security.provider.3…
Informix 14.10 FC8 installation on Linux
Hi Frank, that has worked for me: # yum install -y libaio libgcc libstdc++ ncurses ncurses-compat-libs java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel ksh # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0 # ./ids_install Cheers, Markus ------------------------------ Markus Holzbauer -------------------------…
UDR improvement suggestions
In the following SQL: SELECT fname, lname, ssn from tab1 where lname like "%vijay%" AND ( telephonenumber IN ((123)456-7890 , ......, ....) OR homephone IN (+123 456-7890, ......, ....... ) OR mobile IN(123-456-7890, ....,.....,....) Custer wrote an UDR to take out all extra non…
Things to do before upgrade - HDR/RSS
It depends on the UDR, for instance any custom TS UDRs should be recompiled as TS is normally tightly coupled to the engine. But if you are using the regex, either IBM or Oninit version, functions within your UDR then there is no need to recompile Cheers Paul Paul Watson Oninit …
ESQL/C: Fetching LVARCHAR with ifx_var_getdata() when DB and client locale do not match
I have used the mi_get_vardata function inside UDRs, AFAIR you just get the raw data so when you try to globalize your UDR you need to consider server-side locale processing. Now mi_get_vardata is the engine equivalent of the client library call, but that doesn't mean they are th…
Smart Blob Metadata Queries?
Can anyone let me know how to determine the metadata defaults for an SBSpace in code? I know that I can get that from "onstat -g smb" but I want to be able to query the info using SQL or UDR API functions. Anyone? ------------------------------ Art Kagel -------------------------…
RE: 14.10 installation blues
Hello Paul, I have installed Informix 14.10.FC3 Enterprise Edition on CentOS 8.1. I noticed that when the instance is online, the license (ee_edition.jar) is installed and changed to Enterprise Edition. [root@localhost install]# /opt/informix/jvm/jre/bin/java -jar ee_edition.jar …
RE: User Defined Routine (UDR) example required - OSAD Array
Thanks Eric form your advice. Even though I already manage to create the UDR using the "IBM Informix DataBlade API Programmer's Guide" PDF manual and Paul Watson help, I will check John Miller's documents. At this point my problem is slightly different: My osad UDR is working 90…
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…
RE: how to pass char parameters into C UDR.
Dear All, I can write a C UDR which containing the parameters of the integer data type. The C UDR can get the value of parameters of the integer data type. But when passing the parameters of the char data type, the C UDR gets the x00 of those parameters. Please show me the code…
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.…
IDS 12.1 Installs without jvm library files
All, Does anyone know if it causes an issue with IDS 12.1 to install the product WITHOUT the JRE library files under ${INFORMIXDIR}/jvm? Thanks, Bob…
IDS CRASH WHEN INSTALLING UDR
Hi IIUG Users, I'm having a big problem when install a java UDR. The system crash each time i execute the "install_jar" routine. My instance specs: - IDS 11.70FC9 - Red Hat 5.6 Message Log extract: 10:07:46 Booting Language <java> from module <$INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/lmj…
SPL procid=0?
Thank you, Jacques. Our system, although extensive, is not very complex. For example, no C UDR's. Just a thousand, or so, SPLs. I do appreciate your help. It really seems strange to me. But then, most unexplained behavior is strange until it is explained, and then seems very …
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…
Cannot find sysadmin:ifx_setupdwa function
The solution is running the udr from within a user database, never use sysadmin database.…
Building and deploying java UDRs
Not sure if this forums is the correct, but the other forums did not have much traffic, so here goes: What are the best practices for building and deploying java UDRs? We are a java shop, but up until now we have not used java for UDRs. I did a quick shot at it, and got it to wo…
UDR locale error
I'm trying to install a UDR jar, but it always crashes the server with the following error JVP#3: Cannot create DBAThreadImpl object java.sql.SQLException: Locale not supported. java.sql.SQLException: Cannot create UDR Thread (java.sql.SQLException: Locale not supported.). All …
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)…
Informix Developer Edition on ARM/BeagleBone Black
Guy, Try the Open-JDK. I'm looking back at the install logs, and for the SUCCESSFUL install it shows: sun.boot.class.path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-armhf/jre/lib/resources.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-armhf/jre/lib/rt.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-armhf/jre/lib/sunr…
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
C UDR's on Redhat
Im making my first foray into C UDRs. Im using Informix 12.10 (c1) and using Redhat 6.3. As a test I decided to write a simple C routine that returns an environment variable: #include "dmi/mi.h" #include "stdlib.h" mi_lvarchar *igetenv(mi_lvarchar *str,MI_FPARAM *fparam) { …
C Language UDR on RedHat
Im making my first foray into C UDRs. Im using Informix 12.10 (c1) and using Redhat 6.3. As a test I decided to write a simple C routine that returns an environment variable: #include "dmi/mi.h" #include "stdlib.h" mi_lvarchar *igetenv(mi_lvarchar *str,MI_FPARAM *fparam) { …
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Running oninit as root on AIX
Don't confuse login user or process owner with real or effective user id: Individual virtual processors: vp pid class usercpu syscpu total Thread Eff 1 6553754 cpu 2.54 0.24 2.78 25.15 11% 2 6619316 adm 0.31 0.39 0.70 0.00 0% 3 5439608 lio 0.04 0.10 0.14 0.14 100% 4 6881438 pio …
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.…
unexpected null pointer encountered
On our WebSphere Applications for the State of MS, we get errors like this. Usually caused by lack of resources - ie memory. We usually have to go in an increase the JVM memory size. On 08/02/2013 06:51 AM, Art Kagel wrote: > If the "02" in the first line or your output is the r…
About Java User Defined Routines
Hi, the bussines of calling web services from R4GL has been hard, and i need to give developers a simpler approach, so im changing the point of view to try java code, im reading about UDRs specially in java and how to work with it, does anybody has experience in creating java UDR…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Arggghhhh!!!!!!
Hi Pradeep Thanks for the reply. Tried that too; it's just craps straight out: root@01tst /export/home/trubyn/crap # /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/bin/java -version java version "1.6.0_22" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.6) (rhel-1.25.1.10.6.el5_…
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,…
Customer upgrade from I4GL/SE 4.1 on SCO UNIX.
As things stand right now, you can purchase it until 8/17/2013. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer,…
Config Help
Your biggest performance problem is that you are running your server on a VM. IO performance under VMWare is VERY VERY POOR and, as I've said several times already this month, databases live and die on IO performance. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.co…
What are best onconfig parameters for a DSS app
Frank.... first question: Is your database installation being made for a production system???? Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 IBM Information Management Informix Technical Professional IBM Infosphere DataStage Technical Professional …
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…
Base64 encoding
Hello all. I'm running IDS 11.50.FC6. I have a situation where it would be very useful to Base64 encode a string to store in the database. Ideally, I would like to do this with SPL, but an external UDR would be OK too, but definitely something that could be used within an SPL …
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 …
C UDR - AIX
Hi , IFX 11.50 FC9X6 , AIX 6.1 I'm trying create a simple UDR to get the current 'transaction id' with less overhead possible... To use this UDR inside of SPL + Trigger... I'm not expert on C language, where play with it sometimes... So , I getting some trouble to compile the …
C UDR - AIX
Hi , IFX 11.50 FC9X6 , AIX 6.1 I'm trying create a simple UDR to get the current 'transaction id' with less overhead possible... To use this UDR inside of SPL + Trigger... I'm not expert on C language, where play with it sometimes... So , I getting some trouble to compile the …
Over 1,000 days of 24x7 database uptime!
On 29.07.2011 20:38 Lester Knutsen wrote: > From one of our customers, their Informix server hit 1,000 days today > .... congratulations;) > > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8 -- On-Line -- Up > 1000 days 00:31:45 -- They beat mine just bit ... IBM Informix D…
Informix crashes when installing a .jar file
Hi. I'm having an issue with using J/Foundation on a Informix 11.70.FC2 installation. The database server crashes when I attempt to install a simple .jar file (e.g execute procedure sqlj.install_jar). The OS is RHEL 5.3. online.log output: 14:57:17 Booting Language <java> from…
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…
Compile exec bladelette on Intel
Thanks for the advice Art. The problem is that we use the exec udr extensivly and do not want to spend a lot of time changing code.…
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.…
Install Informix 11.7FC2
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 06:07, FLIP VAN WYNGAARDT <ahp@dwaf.gov.za> wrote: > I am trying to install IDS 11.7FC2 on SUn Solaris 10. > When I run ./ids_install - console I get the following message : > > Preparing to install... > Extracting the JRE from the installer archive... > U…
Why am I getting this warning?
AIX 5.3 - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC8 Can someone tell me why this warning is appearing in the online.log each time the instance is initialized. I checked the value of SHMBASE and it matches the value below. 09:33:28 WARNING: If you intend to use J/Foundation …
SHMBASE
Informix 11.70 AIX 780 The following error appears in the logs. While this is a warning message, we would like to get rid of it. WARNING : If you intend to use J/Foundation or GLS for Unicode feature (GLU) with this Server instance, please make sure that your SHMBASE value spec…
Is KAIO in use
Hi, I red the article and found that what I should have set as OS parameter is KAIOON=1 (instead of setting KAIOOF to 1). So I changed my conf and tested once again. With KAOIOFF=1 I have this informix@pthd02:pthdpthd_tcp:/produits/informix> env | grep KAIO KAIOOFF=0 IFMX_AIOK…
Re: Quick question ... which version (release) of Java JVM ships w Informix 11.7x?
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Sigh. > > First thanks Art for the quick response. > > My sigh is that it doesn't say anything about a sub release. While its good > that its 1.6, I have to wonder if IBM picked up on some of t…
Re: Quick question ... which version (release) of Java JVM ships w Informix 11.7x?
Sigh. First thanks Art for the quick response. My sigh is that it doesn't say anything about a sub release. While its good that its 1.6, I have to wonder if IBM picked up on some of the GC fixes that Sun er... Oracle had been doing. Also if it picks up on some of the security j…
Re: Quick question ... which version (release) of Java JVM ships w Informix 11.7x?
>From Infomrix 11.70.FC1: $ cat $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/copyright Licensed material - Property of IBM. IBM(R) SDK, Java(TM) Technology Edition, Version 6 IBM(R) Runtime Environment, Java(TM) Technology Edition, Version 6 .... Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.adva…
Quick question ... which version (release) of Java JVM ships w Informix 11.7x?
Informix has a Java JVM in the engine. My question is which JVM (Sun??er Oracle or IBM)? Which release? For example... Sun Java JDK 1.6_23 ? (That's java 1.6 release 23) Thx -G…
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…
UDR problem
Hello Everybody, I'm working with ids 11.50 and I need to design a little UDR. However, I don't understand how to do it, I look up on ibm.com and I read Datablade and UDR, but I don't understand some steps. So I need your help, My UDR needs: * to take a value on a table (for ex…
Calling Servise or programs from Stored Procedure
Last time I did same task using axis2-c. If You have valid wsdl You can generate skeleton files via wsdl2c utility, and next use that files as c udr function.…
FW: C UDR
OSLEVEL: AIX 6.1.0.0 IDS: 11.50.FC5: I am having issues while loading the C-UDR function. I am not sure, is this because of the 64-bit environment or do I need to compile with AIX version of C compiler? I am not sure about this error message. I have the C source file for C UDR …
Network driver cannot bind a name to the port
Keith In fact, the instance is a clone created by copying the volume group of an instance files from another AIX box (let's call the box pcoi01) to the actual (same) AIX (version) box (called pcoiic01) therefore is the first time I'm trying to run the instance. Folloing is the …
How to see a part of information in clob in SP
I'll try to write a Java UDR on OCT, if it work fine, I will paste the code into here…
Yet another stellar example of IBM's IM marketing and sales in action...
> From: eric@herber-consulting.de > Subject: Re: Yet another stellar example of IBM's IM marketing and sales in action... > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:30:53 -0700 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Informix. It > talks only about DB2 z/OS and DB2 LUW, the Oracle compatibility, the …
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…
Availables : More that 3500 Solutions manuals and Test Banks (Part 2)
List of Solutions Manuals _________________________ contact me to : mattosbw1@gmail.com mattosbw1(at)gmail.com NOTE : "THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR : CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN, PHILIPPINES, NORTH KOREA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA, MALDIVES & BHUTAN". If…
Ontape restore : Fast recovery hangs
Hi, I've launched an 'ontape -r -rename -f <file>' to restore an instance version 940 from a tape. But since 2 hours the instance is in Fast Recovery mode as 'onstat -' shows below : informix@pcoi01:pcoipcoi_tcp:/bases/informix/pcoipcoi/var/bdump> onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic…
To IBM - DeveloperWorks - Articles
Hi, This message is to IBM . In the DeveloperWorks have a lot of nice Informix Articles , but most of them very very olds (2001-2006) what they treat only old IDS versions without consider news resources and updates.... Is time to review and update all this articles , isn't ??…
libjsig.so: cannot open shared object file
On 22 February 2010 18:16, BEVIS KENNEDY <bkennedy@utah.gov> wrote: > IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6X2: > SDS Primary on LINUX Blade server. > > Deja Vu all over again: > I am simply trying to setup the jvm and I get an error on engine startup. I > have verified th…
Initialization of Java virtual processor failed
when trying to install a java udr i'm getting the following nessage: 9444: Initialization of Java virtual processor failed: (cannot create gc file) Can anyone help? Here is the statment: execute procedure install_jar( "file:$INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/examples/Env.jar", "env_…
HASH anyone?
11.5 (finally) Solaris 10 Before I start writting a UDR called hash to perform a hash on a column value; i.e. select col1, col2, hash(col3) from my_tab where col1 = X does anyone know if there are plans for future releases to include something like this for us? and/or does som…
IDS 11.50.FC6 Installation
Installed and configured SUSE SLES V11 on a HP RX2600 for the first time this week. Yesterday, I tried to install IDS 11.50.FC6 and had a problem. After extracting the tar file, I executed the ./ids_install script from $INFORMIXDIR as root. Answered No to run in GUI mode, get th…
Re: HDR crashed after upgradation
Hi, I am trying to upgrade from IDS V11.50FC4 to IDS V11.50FC6. We currently have Replication running(HDR). We have a primary, secondary and RSS running. I followed the recommended steps but this did not work on the secondary and RSS. Here is what i did: Installed new version of …
Physical restore failed - function write physical
Hi, I have a dataserver on an AIX box. I made an ontape backup of this dataserver. Now, I'm trying to restore this backup on another AIX box where the source raw devices was created with differents names and differents links path names. I create à file (convert.txt) containing …
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…
Installation error on Ubuntu desktop
I've tried specifying the javahome path and letting the installer figure it out for itself. Also tried the -console option or -gui with the same result. Initializing InstallShield Wizard........ Launching InstallShield Wizard........ The wizard cannot continue because of the f…
Re: IDS11.5 for Linux installation problem
Try use the root directory of java instalation, not the bin ../installserver -javahome /home/informix --- Em ter, 15/9/09, DHANANJAY KUMAR <dhananjay_kumar2k@yahoo.com> escreveu: De: DHANANJAY KUMAR <dhananjay_kumar2k@yahoo.com> Assunto: IDS11.5 for Linux installation problem …
Re: IDS11.5 for Linux installation problem
Corrections to your steps: 1. You don't have to run .jvm.bin 2. Ensure .jvm.bin is present in the same directory where IIF.jar file resides 3. Run the enclosed command as super user. Installer will automatically use .jvm.bin file. ./installserver -javahome none Sundar. "DHANA…
Re: IDS11.5 for Linux installation problem
Try: ./installserver -javahome /usr/bin Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.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 my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization wit…
IDS11.5 for Linux installation problem
I am trying to install IDS11.5 to my RHEL5. While installing the IDS server i get the below error: This application requires a Java Run Time Environment (JRE)to run. Searching for one on your computer was not successful. Please use the command line switch -javahome to specify a …
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…
How to config J/Foundation for multiple instances
I am in the middle of our first conversion from IDS 7.3 to IDS 11.5. We will have multiple instances running on HP-UX 11iv2 w/ ServiceGuard. And, we are installing IDS in each of the cluster packages (application instances). I'm overcoming all the obstacles but I'm not sure what…
Configuring 2nd informix instance on the same serv
Configuring 2nd informix instance on the same server is not going through in my setup..... Step1 : Informix Instance (sportage1) is created as a demo instance while installing IDS on an AIX box. It is running now and i want to create an another instance sportage2 on the same ser…
Insert into an indexed table is really SLOW!
MIKE DUNHAM-WILKIE wrote: > I am running into performance problems inserting into an indexed table, using > Informix 11.50. The following timings for loading into > compressed/uncompressed, indexed/non-indexed tables using dbload/HPL-Deluxe > more illustrate the problem. The numb…
Re: Configuring IDS for multi-threaded processors
Niagra 2 is just as bad as Niagra 1 just worse because is supports more cores and more threads per core. The major actual improvement of Niagra2 over 1 is that Niagra1 only had one FPU per chip while Niagra2 has one per core. Otherwise, Niagra2 is probably worse than Niagra1 be…
Re: Configuring IDS for multi-threaded processors
Cesar Inacio Martins schrieb: > Hi Art, > > Can you tell me if this behave occur with processor Niagra 2 (UltraSPARC T2) ? > Where I can get documentation about this kind of information? threads optimization on Sun Processors (T1 and T2)... > > > --- Em seg, 8/6/09, Art Kagel <ar…
Handling multi-valued function output
I have a complex UDR that uses RETURN x, y WITH RESUME to generate a list of values. I have found that with IDS 11, I can do SELECT * from TABLE(my_function(param)); but with IDS 10, the same statement gets "-684, function returns too many values". How can I work with this mu…
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 …
-952 Authentication Error on Solaris 10
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > On Mar 27, 8:15 pm, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> >>> > From: nate...@kc.rr.com >>> > Subject: Re: -952 Authentication Error on Solaris 10 >>> > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:48:04 -0700 >>> > To: informix-…
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…
java udr datetime problem
Hi, Ive got a Java UDR that tries to insert a row with a datetime column. e.g. java.sql.Timestamp = new Timstamp(Calendar.getTimeInMillis()); The datetime is coming back incorrectly in the inserted row. It comes back for the GMT timezone when my default is actually Central Africa…
-9431 Can't find system class or method or libra
Thanks for your response but java is still not working and I'm still looking for help. /home/informix is a link to /IDS/IDS115FC3; it's much easier for me to remember when I'm navigating. I'm not sure if it matters but I probably should have mentioned that I'm trying this on a …
Simple Password Encryption not happening
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > <snip> > > Sigh. > > 1) Which JDBC driver are you using? > 2) Which JVM are you using > 3) Which versio of Java are you using? > 4) What does your URL look like? 1a) Informix supplied JDBC 3.50.JC1 c 1b) com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver 2) Sun JRE 3) 1.4.…
Re: installing V11.5 on linux 64 bit.
Hello Fernando, no /etc/ld.conf i do have a ld.so.conf which says: include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf ls /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64.conf --------------- hwcap 0 nosegneg --------------- qt-x86_64.conf --------------------- /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib --------------…
dbschema -f all versus onstat -g prc?
Hi everyone. If I want to get a definitive list of all of the UDR's (stored procedures) in an IDS 9.4 FXC21 database I would think dbschema -f all -d DB_NAME would show them. However when I execute: dbschema -f all -d DB_NAME it comes back with "No procedure" However when I exe…
IDS hangs; IBM diagnoses resident memory problem
IDS 10.0FC8X6 on AIX 5.3 Our Informix instance simply packed up at a low-activity that is, it just hanged, with a "Bloked by Checkpoint" message. We took an onstat -a and AIX dump, the latter re-booting the server, after which everything came up fine. But we had a 52-minute do…
Fatal error in ADM VP at mt.c:13388
HI, Folks, Program Name: onstat Build Version: 11.10.UC2 Build Number: N158 Build Host: vach Build OS: AIX 5.3 Build Date: Thu Oct 25 22:56:40 CDT 2007 GLS Version: glslib-4.50.UC2 We got the following info in online log, 16:10:31 Maximum server connections 61 16:10:31 Checkpo…
new crashes
Folks, Recently we experienced some frequently crashes with our new software release(C++, Java...). We also saw a updated log file: lvmt.log created ( see attached lines). Any clue with the crash or relationship between lvmt.log and crash? Thanks, Frank IDS Version: Build Ve…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
Re: IDS as a "legacy" system...
Sigh. It doesn't matter. The point is that IDS would have been enhanced and would have taken a different direction. IDS would have been part of a successfull arrow head project and the priorities of the enhancements would have been different. (Its a different company with diffe…
Re: Wanna try SolidDB for IDS?
On Aug 10, 7:03 pm, "da...@smooth1.co.uk" <da...@smooth1.co.uk> wrote: > On 6 Aug, 13:32, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 5, 6:20 pm, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obno...@serendipita.com> > > wrote: > > > > Neil Truby said: > > > > > What particualr circu…
Installing JDBC 3.50 on Vista 64...
I have tried installing JDBC 3.50 on vista 64 and I got same errors and exceptions. As you included in your message, one of the error that you received was : "\\\\win32ppk.dll: Can't load IA 32-bit .dll on a AMD 64-bit platform". It seems like it is trying to load IA 32-bit .dll …
Wanna try SolidDB for IDS?
On Aug 5, 6:20 pm, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obno...@serendipita.com> wrote: > Neil Truby said: > > > What particualr circumstances would it be really good for? > > Because it was designed solely as an in-memory database, the access > mechanisms and so on are roughly an order of magn…
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…
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…
Fwd: Identifying System UDR's
My dbschema replacement utility, myschema, uses the following filter to eliminate system procedures: AND mode NOT IN ('P', 'p', 'd', 'r', 'o', 't') All protected mode procedures (modes 'P' & 'p') are internal and cannot be modified or displayed by dbschema. Art On Fri, Jun 13…
Identifying System UDR's
Is it possible to identify UDR's which are created by the system? In IDS 9.40, when you create a database, you get some 228 user-defined routines. Most are owned by informix, some by sqlj, with mode d or r. A suggested method to identify the system-created procedures is to cre…
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.…
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…
C UDR crashes the server
Hi all, This is pretty long, but if you have time to skim it and if you've seen something like this I'd appreciate a pointer in the right direction. I've researched this and I think there's some bad memory related issues here. I've also found several links to known issues in ear…
What's wrong with this C UDR?
I'm trying to do some basic stuff in a C UDR. Following the docs, mi_get_database_info takes a MI_CONNECTION* and a MI_DATABASE_INFO*. However, the following causes Informix to give me "7520: Argument (2) is NULL", which means a NULL was sent and Informix didn't expect it: …
Pb with Krakatoa on Linux
What I found is: 6. J/Foundation (Java in the Server): J/Foundation supports the JRE 1.4.2 release from IBM Corporation, which uses the Linux native threads based Java Virtual Machine. JRE 1.4.2 is available under $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jre and should be used with J/Fo…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Performance profiling a UDR in Java
I've developed a Java UDR that I need to increase performance on quite a bit. Can anyone suggest a profiler (preferably free, maybe even something that snaps into Eclipse) that will allow me to see what's taking so long? Does the krakatoa jre allow standard socket connections fo…
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…
RE: Memory leak in JVM C-heap when using JDBC
I have heard this issue in the past, but also heard the "thing" was corrected in the 3.x branch :-(... Amit? -- European Developer Forum - Strasbourg Illkirch - June 12th 2007 - It's free! Register at http://www.developerforum.eu. > -----Original Message----- > From: informix…
Memory leak in JVM C-heap when using JDBC
We have been struggling with out of memory errors for quite some time and the reason for these problems is now found. If you are using JDBC(2.21.JC6 and 3.00.JC3) and handling large objects (BYTE,TEXT, BLOB ocr CLOB data) the JDBC driver uses temporary files to store the data in.…
Problem with Java UDR (-7438 Unsupported data type)
Hi, I've developed a Java UDR and the call to this UDR produces, after some processing, an INSERT of a record in a table but this insert fails... I get the following stack trace informix.jvp.dbapplet.impl.GenErr.sqle(GenErr.java(Compiled Code)) informix.jvp.dbapplet.impl.SAPIReq…
RE: - RE: Informix Java problems [8755] - Bayesian
I am just executing the jvpcontrol function, to monitor my Java stored procedure. Regards, Kenneth Penza Systems Engineer Systems and Database Services Service Management Department Malta Information Technology & Training Services Ltd Please read our Legal Notice: http://emailp…
Informix Java problems
> I am running Informix 10.00.UC3W2 with Java on RHEL3. We are experiencing a > problem that a Java UDR starts working and randomly it stops executing and the > only way to get it working again is to restart the database server. I don't know if you're still having this problem. …
Problem with ER : cdr sync replicate
You don't need checksum UDRs for 'cdr sync' - only 'cdr check' will use them. Regarding the 'cdr sync' failure, can we see this stack/core file/PMR opened? Come back if you need help on this! (Platform information would be handy as well.) Andreas…
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: UDR Cache
Hi , > > Number of lists : 1021 > > PC_POOLSIZE : 2048 ... > > Total number of udr entries: 352. > Number of entries in use : 137 > >This problem is not related whit bad configuration "PC_HASHSIZE" and >"PC_POOLSIZE" ? >I heard tha…
UDR Cache
I try: onstat -g prc OUTPUT: UDR Cache: Number of lists : 1021 PC_POOLSIZE : 2048 UDR Cache Entries: list# id ref_cnt dropped? heap_ptr udr name -------------------------------------------------------------- 444 48180 0…
The java class is not found: run
Hi all, I have downloaded IDS10 "IIUG.IDS.10.00.FC5I1.AIX64.tar" from www.iiug.org I have AIX 5.2 version. Problem 1 --------- When i do "tar -xvf IIUG.IDS.10.00.FC5I1.AIX64.tar" it returns the error: # tar -xvf IIUG.IDS.10.00.FC5I1.AIX64.tar x IIF.jar, 113387330 bytes, 221460…
informix and java
sw wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use java procedures in informix. Do you know how to do it, > where can i find toturials or examples? > > SW Java UDRs: A First Look at Java-in-the-Server http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/zones/informix/library/samples/db_java1.html …
Re: problems of inicializacion [8255]
After executing the suggestions that they sent to me, the problem continued reason why I did the following thing: 1. Informix eliminates the user (What I eliminate the INFORMIXDIR for Informix ): # userdel - r informix 2. Informix creates the user again …
Re: problems of inicializacion [8255]
After executing the suggestions that they sent to me, the problem continued reason why I did the following thing: 1. Informix eliminates the user (What I eliminate the INFORMIXDIR for Informix ): # userdel - r informix 2. Informix creates the user again …
Re: problems of inicializacion
Hello, If more than one product is installing in the same directory, Install the server on top of client. These message errors are due to improper order in installation. Simple Thumb rule is, TEN(First Tools like 4GL, Engine, Network tools) Regards, Ravikumar. Juan P…
Re: problems of inicializacion
Hello, If more than one product is installing in the same directory, Install the server on top of client. These message errors are due to improper order in installation. Simple Thumb rule is, TEN(First Tools like 4GL, Engine, Network tools) Regards, Ravikumar. Juan Pablo <in4…
Re: problems of inicializacion
Hello, If more than one product is installing in the same directory, Install the server on top of client. These message errors are due to improper order in installation. Simple Thumb rule is, TEN(First Tools like 4GL, Engine, Network tools) Regards, Ravikumar. Juan Pablo <in4…
problems of inicializacion
Hi: At the time of initializing my IDS it leaves the following message to me error: Initializing Dictionary Cache and Stored Procedure Cache...Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.FAILED IInformix mentions the following thing: BUG No. 76400 INSTALLING ONLINE…
problems of inicializacion
Hi: At the time of initializing my IDS it leaves the following message to me error: Initializing Dictionary Cache and Stored Procedure Cache...Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.FAILED IInformix mentions the following thing: BUG No. 76400 INSTALLING ONLINE…
Re: PL/Ruby for Informix
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 10:41 -0800, Gerardo Santana wrote: > Bad news. In their words: "Exposing UDRLM to add new languages is > something we do not allow at this time." Bad news indeed, but not completely unexpected. There's not enough demand for additional UDR languages. I supp…
C UDR : Text to Char or reverse
Hi all, i implented some c-udr's in ids 10 successfully. The new request is to cast text-fields (simple large objetcs) and/or reverse. Main-problem is to cast TEXT-Field to the lvarchar-type. IBM-Doc and IDN says : you can't use text-fields in udr's but as arguments to routi…
Re: Problem loading a UDR
Hi, 'mydir' is not the real name of the directory, I tried to run ldconfig without success. the permissions of the file are 775, owner: informix the permissions of the directory are 755, owner: informix Thanks for the answers. Dario…
Problem loading a UDR
Hello, I'm using Informix10 on Linux and I'm trying to use a simple UDR, I compile it as a shared library, gcc -fpic -c -DLINUX -I$(INFORMIXDIR)/incl/public hello.c ld -shared hello.o -o hello.so then I register it in my database. When I try to use the function, I get a 9793 e…
ER checksum routines - CLOB support?
> We didn't have ways to implement the UDR on all data types, but I thought > that we had implemented the checksums for blobs and clobs, but not byte > and text columns. Madison, (looking now at the original source code downloaded from developerworks) you did implement smart blo…
Unloading Table from Stored procedure called by Trigger
Good Morning, i have to unload a database table while processing a stored procedure called by a database trigger (table name is passed as parameter). However it seems that i can´t use dynamic sql statements within SPL code. Is there an easier way then writing C-UDR code with dat…
Losing dbspaces/chunks after server shutdown
Good day all, My problem has to do with the IDS 10 server I am currently running on an IBM pServer p505 and AIX 5.3. My true setup is IDS 10.00.UC4 on AIX 5.3 rel 5: # dbaccess V --> DB-Access Version 10.00.UC4 # oslevel -r --> 5300-05 My problem occurs in the following man…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Re: 7.31.UD8 migration to 10.00.UC4 failed with :Con/rev: Failed to convert for Component SQL
I see it isn't going that well on your convertion sir. I was wondering how you where doing... The following is a database? ... processing tsecure ... It looks like the upgrade processed a few database before this one. I would suggest (just for fun) dropping this database and …
7.31.UD8 migration to 10.00.UC4 failed with :Con/rev: Failed to convert for Component SQL
Hi Gang, During a migration from 7.31.UD8 to 10.00.UC4 I ran into the following error during the conversion : Con/rev: Failed to convert for Component SQL. Then the engine crashed and had not been able to bring it backup due to corruption in sysmaster. Since it was a test env, …
Insider #74: Highlights: IDUG/IIUG Europe Conference Vienna October 2-6, 2006, Vnext Survey Results
IIUG Insider (Issue #74) August 2006 Highlights: IDUG/IIUG Europe Conference Vienna October 2-6, 2006, Vnext Survey Results ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- …
Informix Java User Defined Functions
1. Make sure you have a c:\\tmp directory. 2. Try changing "file:$INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/examples/Env.jar" to "file:c:/progra~1/IBM/Informix/extend/krakatoa/examples/Env.jar" 3. Make sure you have an SBSPACE configured and online and pointed to by the SBSPACENAME onconfig pa…
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…
Re: Installing Client SDK - 32 bit (64 bit IDS) NIGHTMARE
>People have been trying to dig that information out of you > I find it hard to believe it is a state secret that cannot be > revealed. > It isn't a state secret. I posted it last week on the classics sig. I HAD thought I'd posted it earlier and wasn't tying to hide it. My memo…
installclientsdk on Linux - hangs
I see the instructions for this as ./installclientsdk (the online instructions) ./installclientsdk -i printed from another IBM source If I do the latter it gives a list of "help" messages. Not what I want. I want to actually install the thing! The log file follows - some rubbis…
VACUUM on 2.10
Nearest I can tell I am running Informix 2.10.03Y., or at least the core of it is. Looks like it might have been bought and repackaged. None the less, what if any is the SQL to perform a VACUUM on older informix dbs? Currently the staff is doing UDR everytime there is a major d…
sqlexec thread migration from CPUVP to JVP
Hello everyone. A few days ago I've had a situation at client's place regarding poor performance. They started using Java UDR's (for a very simple thing they were unable to do any other way). Java UDR was beeing called only once, during user's logging into application. Everything…
krakatoa files, bug_number 155823
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>I'm using an IDS 9.30 TC2 on Windows 2000 and I wanted to configurate java UDR's, but after many hours on configuration, reinstallation, and reviewing manuals, I found a reported bug about omitted&nbs…
Insider #71: Highlights: SAP certifies additional products on IDS 10; Conference survey
IIUG Insider (Issue #71) May 2006 Highlights: SAP certifies additional products on IDS 10; Conference survey Welcome to the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Insider! Designed for IIUG members and Informix user group leaders, this publication contains timely and relevan…
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?…
cdr check
Well - finally got the checksum UDR into developers works to enable v10.xC4 'cdr check' functionality. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0604pruet/…
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/…
Informix - Trigger a java class
Thanks for the reply Is there a way to run a java program which isn't a UDR, i.e. it doesn't have to be installed in the database server? The code you provided above is exactly what I need only I want my java code to be located somewhere else on the same box. Thanks Peter…
C UDR datetime routines
Hi, Does anyone have an example how to convert informix datetime (mi_datetime) structure to year/month/day etc... values.. Bart…
Re: order by
Create a function index. See expample below. IDS 9 or higher. create function "informix".upper_index(char_in char(40)) returning char(40) with (not variant); define char_out char(40); let char_out = upper(char_in) ; return char_out; end function; create table tcu…
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Claus Samuelsen wrote: > From the spec "Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database. (PDF)" on > http://www.oracle.com/database/timesten.html, it takes 36 microseconds > for an insert ~ 27,778 inserts per second. > > IDS with Real Time Load does 60,000 inserts per second with > simultan…
coupa mea
Some of you may be looking at the 10.00xC4 documentation and reading about the cdr check functionality that we implemented. There is some mention of the checksum UDR that must be installed prior to running the cdr check and that the code for the UDR would be located in developer…
Re: Another C UDR problem
Have you set permissions correctly, esp. exec permission seems to be required on HP? chmod 755 opt/informix/udr/soundex.sl should do. HTH, Andreas…
Re: Another C UDR problem
Have you set permissions correctly, esp. exec permission seems to be required on HP? chmod 755 opt/informix/udr/soundex.sl should do. HTH, Andreas…
Creating XML file in Informix.
Check out the URL below. It shows how a simple UDR (genxml) can be used to generate XML. The source is also available for download. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/zones/informix/library/techarticle/0302roy/0302roy2.html…
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!…
Another C UDR problem
Hi all, Thanks to the list for the UDR examples, 'specially the soundex. I am trying to get it to run on a HPUX 11.11 box with IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.HC5. I am getting this error when I try to execute the routine. 09:40:15 ERROR: C Language Symbol <soundex>…
Re: sqlj.install problem
Hello Guy, thanks, I could not find the vpclass parameter error. EXECUTE PROCEDURE sqlj.install_jar ('file:E:\\program\\informix\\jar\\ninesync.jar', 'ninesync_jar', 1); 9498: Incorrect path to JAR file specified: (java.io.FileNotFoundException: \\tmp\\coffee.informix.ninesync_…
Re: sqlj.install problem
Maroon, You could try two things. 1. Make sure SINGLE_CPU_VP is set to 0 in the onconfig file. 2. Try changing the VPCLASS parameter to: VPCLASS jvp,num=1 After checking 1. and changing 2. restart IDS and try again. If still no luck, try the examples in %INFORMIXDIR%\\extend\…
Re: sqlj.install problem
You didn't answer these questions: What is the exact OS and version? e.g. "XP Professional Service Pack 2" What is the IDS version (output from onstat -V)? Can you run onstat -d to confirm you have an sbspace? But from the values you pasted it looks like you're quoting "onconfig…
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.…
Stored Procedures and Security
Hmmm yes, but the same article also states " The database server checks the existence of any referenced objects and verifies that the user who invokes the UDR has the necessary privileges to access the referenced objects " It then goes on to say "For example, if a user executes …
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: UDR returns int8
scott wrote: > I'm trying to write a UDR in C. I can't get any reasonable numbers > back. > > If I've read things right, this should return null: > > ifx_int8_t* bogus(ifx_int8_t* dummy) > { > ifx_int8_t* rvalue=mi_zalloc(sizeof(ifx_int8_t)); > return rvalue; > } > The …
UDR returns int8
I'm trying to write a UDR in C. I can't get any reasonable numbers back. If I've read things right, this should return null: ifx_int8_t* bogus(ifx_int8_t* dummy) { ifx_int8_t* rvalue=mi_zalloc(sizeof(ifx_int8_t)); return rvalue; } But I get back numbers like 110046332…
jdbc driver - too many open files problem
I have a weird problem with using informix jdbc driver 2.21 on Solaris 7. A web application pulls data from a table containg blobs (pictures). The jdbc settings in tomcat's (4.1.30) config file specifies JDBCTEMP=/usr/local/tomcat4/logs/ifxb. When the application is running infor…
How do I Handle Variables in Informix SQL Select statemensts?
if its an engine function I don't think you can do it and you'd need to write a UDR to do it if its 4GL or similar you'll need to write some dynamic SQL…
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:…
IDS Next Version - back on topic
TBP wrote: > Maybe the Query plan could be local to the session! Then you could get the optimizer taking up a significant portion of processing time. Our application (for example) uses lots and lots of stored procedures for every session. If each session had to recompile and r…
Re: C UDR library load problem
Have you tried it with a C function called something other than "test"? san wrote: > Hello, all! > > I use IDS 2000 v. 9.20.UC1 on Suse Linux 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24-default > > I have some C UDR that succesfully works in other cases (IDS 9.2 on HP-UX > 11.x, IDS 9.2 on older LINUX…
Re: C UDR library load problem
Andrew, This is a know issue which was fixed back in 2002 where there was a change in the glibc format.... Please update to a current IDS 9.4 or IDS 10 Version ...... I hope this helps bye Sandor IBM Informix Development Munich Information Management Hollerithstra�e 1 81829 Mun…
Re: triggers
christrier wrote: > you mean it is possible to write it exactly like this: > CREATE TRIGGER before_trig > INSERT ON table1 REFERENCING NEW AS new > FOR EACH ROW > ( > UNLOAD TO 'file' VALUES (new.col1, new.col2, new.col3, ..., > new.coln) > system "cat file >> file…
Re: C UDR library load problem
"san" <san@inist.ru> wrote in message news:d88ulv$2tlt$1@news.rinet.ru... > Hello, all! > > I use IDS 2000 v. 9.20.UC1 on Suse Linux 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24-default > > I have some C UDR that succesfully works in other cases (IDS 9.2 on HP-UX > 11.x, IDS 9.2 on older LINUX, > IDS 9.…
C UDR library load problem
Hello, all! I use IDS 2000 v. 9.20.UC1 on Suse Linux 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24-default I have some C UDR that succesfully works in other cases (IDS 9.2 on HP-UX 11.x, IDS 9.2 on older LINUX, IDS 9.4 on Suse Linux 8.0) When I have tried run UDR test on above configuration I had error…
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…
Informix Error Message -9648
I don't find 9648 either. Are you sure you didn't get 9468 (transpose the 4 and 6)? 9468 is: ============================================================================ -9468 Cannot make UDR connection in non-UDR thread. A UDR connection can be made only from the thread execut…
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…
Re: Single cpu vp woe
Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Andrew, I disagree. NOAGE has nothing to do with allowing IDS to > take over the "complete allocation of the cpu cycles" of one or more > processors. The reason for NOAGE is that some OSes (most > aggressively HPUX and less so Solaris) progressively redu…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: Functions with "restricted sql"
Isidre wrote: > I know some restictions about the sql DML use on prodedure/functions > writed with SPL. This restrictions denied the use of > functions/procedures from selects if those procedures/functions have > update/insert/delete statments. In this cases you use the > procedu…
Functions with "restricted sql"
Hi all. I know some restictions about the sql DML use on prodedure/functions writed with SPL. This restrictions denied the use of functions/procedures from selects if those procedures/functions have update/insert/delete statments. In this cases you use the procedure/funtion via …
Re: no working ISA on RHEL3?
Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> writes: >> You can see this Linux stuff really taking off on the home desktop pretty >> soon, can't you? > > By hardcoding version numbers in install scripts and pissing off a lot > of customers w…
RE: no working ISA on RHEL3?
See below: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald Cole [mailto:ronald@forte-intl.com] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:53 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: no working ISA on RHEL3? > > Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > > Can someone in the know te…
Re: no working ISA on RHEL3?
Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > Can someone in the know tell me when IBM expects to have a working ISA > in their IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation? The jre1.2.2 included still > doesn't run under RHEL3 (loader complains about a missing function in > a library) and it refu…
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'?…
Q: SHMTOTAL
Can someone in the know tell me when IBM expects to have a working ISA in their IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation? The jre1.2.2 included still doesn't run under RHEL3 (loader complains about a missing function in a library) and it refuses to install with the IBM 1.4.2 JVM that comes on …
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:05:41 -0400, madiego wrote: >>I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : >> >>This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix >>Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do…
Error Initialize Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I install Informix Dynamic Server and when I initialize 'oninit -iv' : This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y Checking group membership to determine ser…
Re: IDS9.4/AIX5.2 performace degradation
Dalibor, A piece of tuning advice that has many times hit this list, is that you should have one CLEANER per LRU. So, having LRUS = 8 implies that you should have CLEANERS=8 also, to keep up with the overhead. Ben Thompson wrote: > Dalibor Krleza wrote: > > I may have missed i…
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 …
How to do an "http post" from within a Java UDR?????
We've just managed to get Java UDRs working (IDS 9.30HC5, HP-UX 11i) and I'm now being asked how/if we can issue an "http post" request from a J-UDR to a remote machine? I haven't a clue meself. Confused of Tunbridge Wells.…
RE: regexp.1.0
> I use the regexp blade constantly, and have never had a problem > However it has always been with Solaris. The obvious one is are you > running > in your own VP, AFAIR the documentation states you should I have - VPCLASS regexp,noyield - in my onconfig file. But perh…
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: Setting up JVM on IDS 9.30HC5, HP-UX 11i
did you check the JVP property file? did you set JVPPROPFILE onconfig parameter to point to the property file?, are the below config parametes in your onconfig file? VPCLASS JVPJAVAHOME JVPHOME JVPLOGFILE JVPPROPFILE JDKVERSION JVMTHREAD JVPJAVALIB JVPJAVAVM JVPCLASSPATH -----O…
Setting up JVM on 9.30HC5, HP-UX 11i
Hi chaps Having a problem setting up our server for Java UDRs; I have followed all the procedures in the manuals and William White's developerworks article (www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/zones/informix/library/samples/db_java1.html ) and compiled the examples (in extend/krak…
Setting up JVM on IDS 9.30HC5, HP-UX 11i
Hi chaps Having a problem setting up our server for Java UDRs; I have followed all the procedures in the manuals and William White's developerworks article (www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/zones/informix/library/samples/db_java1.html) and compiled the examples (in extend/kraka…
Re: linking the C++ libs
"Martin" <imxng@bootweb.nl> writes: > I'm using SuSe Linux. > Well, IBM only offers precompiled C++ libraries as far as I know. When I > download & install the Informix Client SDK, it installs a bunch of libraries > in /opt/informix/lib/c++ which already have been compiled. Can't…
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.…
RE: IDS 9.4 / AIX
We've also got in installed - and I don't think we had any problems with Pam or Java. Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of sumGirl Sent: 27 April 2004 15:51 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: R…
Re: IDS 9.4 / AIX
Hi. You dont need either the java foundation piece or Pam to upgrade. "Wojtek Korg�l" <wkorgol@nospam.gazeta.pl> wrote in message news:<c6j4nn$jke$1@inews.gazeta.pl>... > Hi, > > I am trying to plan an ugrade process of Informix 9.3 to Informix 9.4 on AIX > 5.1. Sorry, I am ne…
IDS 9.4 / AIX
Hi, I am trying to plan an ugrade process of Informix 9.3 to Informix 9.4 on AIX 5.1. Sorry, I am new to Informix, so my questions may be silly. 1) What is a difference between IDS 9.4 and IDS 9.4 with J/Foundation? Is it possible to upgrade server if 9.3 is not with J/Foundati…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
"Scott Burns" <scott@mirrabooka.com> wrote in message news:YS5fc.1457$IH5.62698@news.optus.net.au... > Ronald Cole wrote: > > >Scott Burns <scott@mirrabooka.com> writes: > > > > > 2) many companies, mine included, will still be deploying RH9 for some > time to come. What are our…
Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
Ronald Cole wrote: >Scott Burns <scott@mirrabooka.com> writes: > > >>Ronald Cole wrote: >> >> >>>If IBM will release a version of DB2 that will run on any Red Hat OS >>>released within the past year, then I'll take a good look at it. >>> >>> >>Erm, we only finished jumping throu…
Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
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Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
> > >>"Captain Pedantic" <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> writes: >> >>>"Data Goob" <datagoob@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:NDndc.15156$G.6949@fe09.usenetserver.com... >>> >>>>DB2 8.1 is available today for Linux. >>> >>>The installation doesnn't work because of a Java mismat…
Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
"Captain Pedantic" <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> writes: > "Data Goob" <datagoob@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:NDndc.15156$G.6949@fe09.usenetserver.com... >> DB2 8.1 is available today for Linux. > > The installation doesnn't work because of a Java mismatch which IBM seems …
Re: 4GL standards? (was: An interesting meeting with IBM)
malcolm.weallans@btopenworld.com (malcolm) writes: > It is precisely because this is such a small volume market that we > should think about the potential confusion if IBM go one-way which is > incompatible with Qerix and 4Js. Suddenly we will have many > proprietary 4GLs out th…
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,…
Current Linux versions
Scott Burns <scott@mirrabooka.com> writes: > We have copies of 4gl 7.20UD1. I believe we need to upgrade to > 7.32UC1. This was released March 2003 so is unlikely to support > RH9 properly. The 7.32.UC1 toolchain works on RHL9 and RHEL3 if you install CSDK-2.81.UC3 …
RE: UDR Performance Question
No troll here ... Sorry about the original HTML post, an honest mistake! We are indeed 'black-boxing' some processing in UDR's, all of which contain SQL. The advantage we get here is that the operations are available to any app that has access to the IDS server (4GL, Visual Fo…
Re: UDR Performance Question
Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<c20ll3$1ngndb$5@ID-64669.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Paul G. Brown wrote: > > > What kind of bullshit is this? > > It's OK, Paul, it's just a user. :o) But I like users. It occurs that the poster might be a trol…
RE: UDR Performance Question
some of the UDR's are in SBLOBS and some of them in regular dbspace, the problem was that when we were joining 2 more tables (tables having UDT)in a query, with table size of about 300+ million rows, the query on them with the UDR (batch query) used to take forever, so we had to …
Rootdbs gets filled
Rootdbs gets filled Dear All, I need ur help. I have IDS 9.3 on sun solaris 8. My Informix server is going for a toss. I am attaching my onconfig file for ur ref. My users are connecting thru java. They are opening a lot of connections, when i do onstat -g ses, i get around 2000…
Re: UDR Performance Question
"Sean Baker" <SBaker@moneymailer.com> wrote in message news:<c1vnbf$uts$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Aaaaargh! > We are also going to start using Java UDR's as well, and possibly some > UDR's written in C. > > My question is,…
Re: UDR Performance Question
"Sean Baker" <SBaker@moneymailer.com> wrote in message news:<c1vnbf$uts$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Aaaaargh! > We are also going to start using Java UDR's as well, and possibly some > UDR's written in C. > > My question is,…
RE: UDR Performance Question
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_01C3FFBD.2998B4A2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" we had lot of performance issues with UDR's (it was UD…
UDR Performance Question
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3FFA6.9A9C42E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, We've been using SPL routines with some very good success the past year (IDS version 9.3, s…
oninit message ??
All, =20 I have just installed IDS 9.4.UC2 on AIX 5.2. Every time I start the = instance with oninit I get this message: # oninit<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> WARNING : If you intend to use J/Foundation with this Server instan…
Re: Which Linux?
"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> writes: > That (RedHat's push towards supporting only its paid versions) is of course > one of the considerations. As a correspondent to UK's Computer Weekly put > it recently, just as Microsoft has finally acknowledged it has something to >…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
Sosnowski Robert wrote: > > Web services: >>> It is becoming standard. DB2 and Oracle already have it. Also BEA Tuxedo >>> middleware. MSSQL and Sybase announced. Don't let Informix be an >>> isolated data island! >> >>It is becoming standard? Which standard? > Definitely not AN…
RE: Whatcha' wanta have?????
Web services: >> It is becoming standard. DB2 and Oracle already have it. Also BEA Tuxedo >> middleware. MSSQL and Sybase announced. Don't let Informix be an isolated >> data island! > >It is becoming standard? Which standard? Definitely not ANSI SQL standard. I see that all big …
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
How about a LIMIT clause (LIMIT row_count OFFSET offset) that can be used to constrain the number of rows returned by the SELECT statement like MySQL, PostgreSQL. Dorn B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sosnowski Robert" <robert.sosnowski@bzwbk.pl> To: <informix-list@iiug.o…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
How about a LIMIT clause (LIMIT row_count OFFSET offset) that can be used to constrain the number of rows returned by the SELECT statement like MySQL, PostgreSQL. Dorn B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sosnowski Robert" <robert.sosnowski@bzwbk.pl> To: <informix-list@iiug.o…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
Sosnowski Robert wrote: > > As for 9.6 I see 2 important things: > 1. Web services > 2. BLOB literals > > ad. 1 > Idea behind stored procedures in SQL database is very similar to that of > Web services. So it seems quite natural that database should expose its > stored procedure…
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
As for 9.6 I see 2 important things: 1. Web services 2. BLOB literals ad. 1 Idea behind stored procedures in SQL database is very similar to that of Web services. So it seems quite natural that database should expose its stored procedures as WEB services. I see that this is: - …
Re: Whatcha' wanta have?????
As for 9.6 I see 2 important things: 1. Web services 2. BLOB literals ad. 1 Idea behind stored procedures in SQL database is very similar to that of Web services. So it seems quite natural that database should expose its stored procedures as WEB services. I see that this is: - …
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…
C UDR returns mi_double_precision
I want to run a C UDR that returns CDOUBLETYPE (mi_double_precision). As far as I understood from the guide, the function cannot return mi_double_precision by value, the only one option - by reference. Following this constraint, I allocate a portion of memory with mi_alloc and re…
Re: IDS 9.40 on SLES 8 install problem
I installed the same version yesterday on Suse 9.0 Pro on Xeon cpu (IBM e-server) without any problems. I had to get an older version of Java (1.3) from Sun for JDBC to install. Using raw devices, not flat files. I think that's the only difference. I have not made any changes to …
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…
getting the next row along ordered by an indexed field
oid is an opaque type with comparison and equality functions, the oid_index is a successfully created ascending index on oid. with 10,000 records, one is instantaneous. The explain output for this query is as follows: QUERY: ------ SELECT {+INDEX(user_file_read_table, oid_inde…
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?…
Re: Java and JDBC vs 4gl
Have you tried designing your new Java code as a UDR and running it in the database - if you are using IDS 9.30 or above? We have done this and converted fairly significant 4GL batch functionality to Java and we do not observe significantly different connection times...…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
RE: Upgrading Informix
Beefman asked > > I am trying to show our management the benefits of upgrading our > informix versions and would like to know the benfits of the following > upgrade. > > We currently are useing IDS 7.31.UD4 on AIX 4.3 as well as I-4GL > 7.20.UE2 on the same platform. > > I would…
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…
Re: Creating Index
Hi Isidre. onstat -k has a lock ? e.g) Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 -- On-Line -- Up 27 days 03:56:10 - - 28080 Kbytes Locks address wtlist owner lklist type tblsnum rowid key#/bsiz 0 active, 2000 total, 2048 hash buckets, 0 lock table overflows …
Creating Index
Hi all. I have a problem when creating index. After build a index I can't build other on same table after 3 o 4 minutes. I receive an error "the table is locked". Environment: Solaris 2.6 IDS With J/Foundation 9.21.UC3 HDR running. Any idea about that? PS Sorry for my engl…
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…
Informix UDR Problem
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01C344A4.1309F1D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Following is a problem with returning Collection DataType from Informix UDRs written in Java . A UDR is writ…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
Re: Passport Advantage problems
"David E. Grove" <david_grove@correct.state.ak.us> writes: > Over a year ago, at the suggestion of our sales reps, we switched from > OpenLine Support to Passport Advantage. We understood that OpenLine, pe se, > was disappearing, and that all customers would be moving to Pssport…
How to preserve state between calls to java UDRs
I'm trying to write a stored procedure in Java (UDR as it is called in Informix) and execute it from an ODBC or a JDBC client. First, I don't know any better discussion group to ask my question than here. Can anybody tell me where I can find more about combining Java and Informi…
IDS 9.4 with J/Foundation
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3127E.7FE96F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, =20 I=B4ve just downloaded IDS 9.4 from IIUG web site but I've notice it = doesn't have…
IDS 9.4 with J/Foundation
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3127E.7FE96F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, =20 I=B4ve just downloaded IDS 9.4 from IIUG web site but I've notice it = doesn't have…
IDS 9.4 with J/Foundation
Hi all, I´ve just downloaded IDS 9.4 from IIUG web site but I've notice it doesn't have J/Foundation. Does anybody know if IIUG has plans to post that as well? Or, even better, is there a place where we can download it from? Best regards Claudio Acquaviva…
IDS 9.40 J/Foundation
Can anybody tell me if IDS 9.40 with J/Foundation has been released yet? I know 9.40 has. I am currently running 9.30.UC2 with J/Foundation on Linux. Thanks Peter…
Washington Area (DC) Informix Users Group - Training Day 3/21/2001
Washington Area (DC) Informix Users Group ----------------------------------------- Training Day For Informix Database and SQL Users ------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, March 21, 2001 Sponsored by the GMU Department of Information and Software Engineering…
WAIUG Training Day 2001 - March 21, 2001
Washington Area (DC) Informix Users Group ----------------------------------------- Training Day For Informix Database and SQL Users ------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, March 21, 2001 Sponsored by the GMU Department of Information and Software Engineering…
Using variable as table name in a stored procedure ?
Jerzy Tomasik wrote in message <3A7774FF.5ADE4AC5@ti.com>... >Is there a way to pass and use a table name as a variable in a stored >procedure? Not in ordinary stored procedures - ie the ones from engines 5.XX to 7.XX I hear people mumbling about UDR's in the 9.XX or 2000 engin…
Java UDR problems.
Hi all. Environment: SUN solaris 2.6 Informix IIF.2000 with IDS 9.21.UC3 Krakatoa configured. I install some java UDRs into my database using the install_jar() procedure. Questions: a) How i can use a java UDR instaled into a database from other database? Example: …
SERIAL8 to INT8?
I am having a problem with a UDR. In this UDR I am trying to return a serial8 value from a table with an INT8. However when I execute this function I only receive a zero back. When I make the table variable a serial instead of serial8 I can get back the correct value. Any sug…
Transaction suspending from UDR
Is there any way to suspend/resume a transaction from UDR? Thanks. Artem Goncharuk…
Re: UDR: DBINFO('sqlca.sqlerrd1') -- transaction based?
Alexander I have seen this error when the database itself does not support transactions. You need to make the database support transactions (see ontape). HTH Sujit aterrill@inrelation.com on 01/12/2001 02:21:55 PM Please respond to aterrill@inrelation.com To: informix-list…
RE: DBINFO('sqlca.sqlerrd1') -- transaction based?
What is the logging status of the database containing 'sequence'? If there is no transaction logging, then BEGIN WORK and COMMIT WORK will fail. -----Original Message----- From: aterrill@inrelation.com [mailto:aterrill@inrelation.com] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 5:22 PM To: …
UDR: DBINFO('sqlca.sqlerrd1') -- transaction based?
Hello, I am trying to write a UDR that is a sequence number generator: uses a separate table to hold sequence values. Does the DBINFO function in Informix need to be transaction based to be used properly? This seems to make sense to me that you would need to execute this as a …
Re: INITIALIZE vs LET
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, William Rice wrote: >Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@informix.com> wrote: >> "ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ NEW YORK" wrote: >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > To: mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk >> > At: 12/18 17:13 >> > >> > What likely happened is that you FETCHED th…
Inteval UDR
Recently upgraded to 9.x and I'm looking for some UDRs that convert/manipulate interval values. Has anyone undertaken this effort yet?…
Java/JDBC beginner question
Informix has a JDBC driver (type 4: pure Java) that is available for free. Getting this will allow you to avoid using ODBC if you choose (JDBC is faster without going through the ODBC layer). Since you are using a Java application (rather than an applet) you can place a copy of t…
Writing UDR C Routine
Hi gurus, I need to write some simple UDR using C language on: - Linux SuSE 6.2 - Internet Foundation.2000 (IDS 9.20-UC1) - GNU ld version 2.9.5 (with BFD 2.9.5.0.24) - gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) - glib-1.2.so.0.0.7 I can compile a simple code to connect to db but w…
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…
RE: C UDR vs. SPL
If you are doing pure sql then then SPL should be quicker, as you bring in more conditional processing then the gap will close until the UDR is quicker. I only drop to UDRs when the functionality is not readily available in SPL. Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd …
C UDR vs. SPL
Hi all. Let's close the eyes for a second and imagine a stored procedure that does 'stuff', and a C UDR that does the same 'stuff' (in IDS 9.21 FC2-1 on Solaris). The 'stuff' can be something like 'select field1, field2 from table where key = value;'. Which one is supposed to …
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…
Multiply in C UDR
I am trying to multiply an mi_decimal by an mi_double_precision and put the result into an mi_decimal in a C UDR. I cannot find any code examples working with these data types. Can anyone help me out with the code below, and can you point me to a source for more examples than t…
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 …
Crreating a UDR on HPUX 10.20
I have a simple c routine that I am trying to compile into a shared library, but the only examples I can find are for Solaris. The file I am trying to compile is named checkcaps.c. I first issue the following command: >cc -PIC -DMI_SERVBUILD -I/home/informix_udo/incl/public - …
Crreating a UDR on HPUX 10.20
I have a simple c routine that I am trying to compile into a shared library, but the only examples I can find are for Solaris. The file I am trying to compile is named checkcaps.c. I first issue the following command: >cc -PIC -DMI_SERVBUILD -I/home/informix_udo/incl/public - …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
Object Translator 2.0 (XML/Java/J2EE tool) Beta
Hi Kannan, It is still in progress. Object Translator is just one of a number of projects currently underway, it deals with the majority case where people have relational data they need to be able to publish out as XML. There is also work underway working on storage of XML as …
Encryption...
Carrying on from what Art said... You could use (with Foundation.2000) Java-in-the-database and standard encryption libraries from people such as IAIK (http://jcewww.iaik.tu-graz.ac.at/) to manage the process of reading/writing the data in and out of the columns. You would be a…
Re: Bugs Informix Jdbc Drivers...
Hi Ben, I have installed Sun JVM for Linux. I confirm the version : INFORMIX-Universal Server Version 9.14.UC6 I can't send you my servlet ... it's too big ! But i use the connection like that : static DBConnectionManager connMgr = DBConnectionManager.getInstance(); protect…
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…
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?…
Help on writing UDRs needed!
Hello, I need to programm UDRs with Informix. I did a lot of UDF programming with DB2, but I can't find any examples or descriptions of how to pass parameters and so on for Informix. The function is supposed to get two character types (varchar(30) and lvarchar) and has to return…
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 *******************…
JDBC informix driver configuration
Hi Rafa, You are going to need to provide some more info before anyone can help you. How are you using it within Netscape? JDBC Driver version and JVM Version Any errors you are getting (post the exception traces from Java) Are you getting connection problems? Unable to load th…
Re: Iterator UDRs
toledodba25@my-deja.com wrote: > In an iterator function I'm using, there is a scenario where I call > mi_fp_setisdone(fParam, MI_TRUE); in the SET_INIT iteration, but the > next iteration falls into SET_RETONE, not SET_END. Is there no way of > keeping it from doing this? N…
Iterator UDRs
In an iterator function I'm using, there is a scenario where I call mi_fp_setisdone(fParam, MI_TRUE); in the SET_INIT iteration, but the next iteration falls into SET_RETONE, not SET_END. Is there no way of keeping it from doing this? Thanks Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.c…
INFORMIX-4GL AND JAVA
Jamel SMATI wrote: > > Hi, > > How can i, used my informix-4gl functions inside a java program. > I supposed, i need to compile my informix-4gl functions in C with c4gl, > but after i don't know what to do. > > Then , i can develop a class accessed with RMI, and i don't have to >…
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…
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…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
Creating C UDR
I am trying to write a C UDR but my routine is not resolving the UDR. Below is the C UDR, the compiler/linker statements, SPL routines, and the error message. The questions I would have are: Q: How do I verify the integrity of my .so? Q: Am I using the correct compiler/linker …
No Krakatoa?
Hi Zandy, Jonathan is correct, you need Foundation.2000. Unfortunately someone has mistakenly put IDS.2000 up on the Foundation.2000 page for the Solaris download, so there is no J/Foundation (Krakatoa) as you discovered. So apologies for wasting your time, I will contact Intr…
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…
UDR questions
Using the example code that was so nicely given to me on this list for basic a UDR, I was able to write a UDR that returns the count(*) of a table. Simple enough. (quite a bit of work above and beyond ESQL/C, but still nifty stuff all in all). I have a few basic questions tha…
NULL lvarchars in UDR
I really need some help. Any UDR that I write has this problem. It is able to receive integers without a problem, but all varchars are null. mi_get_varlen returns -1. This is on the dynamic server with Universal data (whatever that means) version 9.14 for Intel. I followed all …
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…
UDRs in 7.3
I was wondering if it is possible to create a C UDR on the Infromix Server version 7.3 running on NT. I don't seem to see the DataBlade modules anywhere although I'm not sure if I need them. When I try to register the function I wrote with the server, the CREATE FUNCTION statem…
IDS 9.14, UDR's & the Optimizer
In a select statement with a WHERE clause that contains a reference to a user defined (datablade) C routine, e.g., a WHERE clause of the form: ... where (col1 = VALUE) or (UserDefinedCRoutine(...) = ...) will the engine always evaluate both sides of the "or", or will the optimi…
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: installing Informix dynamic server
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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: Single CPU Performance Problems?
Could you please supply some info about the disk config of this machine. The internal drive on the Ultra5 is not the 'most performant' in the world! Where is the data coming from that you are trying to load into the database? For an 'opinion' on general Sun performance issues, tr…
Re: Single CPU Performance Problems?
Addition to all the good people's comments, you should look into Sun Box more closely.. What I have noticed in your onconfig file; most of them you still kept it as default... Is this parameter same on both NT and Sun box..? - If it is so you should tune Kernel of…
Re: Single CPU Performance Problems?
I'm going to ask that you post some onstat output so we can diagnose the problem. Just posting the ONCONFIG file is like handing a mechanic the operator's manual for your car and asking whether the timing is too advanced. That said I'll take some guesses and point up obvious pr…
Re: Single CPU Performance Problems?
Hi, I think someone in newsgroup with a better experience in performance tuning will give you more help, but I will try to give you some advices basing on my understanding of this problem. First of all, could you tell what kind of logging are you using in the database (buffered…
Re: Single CPU Performance Problems?
Is the java program running on the database server or on a separate client? 3.5 rows/sec or 10 rows/sec sounds pretty abysmal. I'm guessing the problem is in the client to database communication speed, not within the database itself. To give you some idea of reasonable insert s…
Single CPU Performance Problems?
Hi, I need some help tuning a single processor Sun Microsystems Ultra 5 system with 256 meg of memory running IDS 7.3 and Solaris 7. We have an application written in Java that frequently loads large amounts of data into the database. We can not seem to get reliably good perf…
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…
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…
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…
JDBC performance with Java Plug-in :-(
Hi All: In order to have JFC/Swing support, I had to install the Java 1.2 plug-in from sun... Prior to the plug-in, I notice that an applet (using JDBC) took about 15 seconds to load up. Now, after the plug-in, it takes about 60-85 seconds. Reviewing the Java console, it app…
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.…
JDBC Error in browser and not in Appletviwer
Sergio, Not having all the details, check the following: 1) Version of Java. If you are using JDK 1.2 you may run into problems if you try to run your applet when their JVM is 1.1 (Pre 1.2) 2) Is your browser on the same machine as your appletviewer or application? One of th…
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: Problem with multiple connections.
I 'm working on SCO UW7. In my systems these parameters are SFNOLIM and HFNOLIM. But besides these the max number of open files is hardcoded (I think) in limits.h (or stdio.h) as the OPEN_MAX constant. Just look your man page for "man limits". Best Regards, Octav Aleksandr Shne…
Re: Problem with multiple connections.
Just a guess: is it a limit on number of open files for a process in the OS kernel ? Best Regards, Octav Aleksandr Shneyderman wrote: > Hello, everyone! > > I have a Java program, that uses Informix JDBC driver to create a pool > of connections with Informix database(let's say…
Problem with multiple connections.
Hello, everyone! I have a Java program, that uses Informix JDBC driver to create a pool of connections with Informix database(let's say 100).When the program executes it only opens a certain number of connections about 50 and then fails giving the error msg Attempt to connect t…
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…
problem using JDBC proxy as applet
ctichler@my-dejanews.com wrote: > Hello, [SNIP] Uhmm, I responded to Carl on the IIUG linux thread and off line. I recommended using serialized objects and doing a 3 tier approach. This way he could see if its the applet, the server app, or the JDBC connection which is causin…
Informix JDBC driver causes core dumps
I have a Java application that uses the JDBC:ODBC bridge to access a SQL database. When I have this running on a database other than Informix (MSAccess, Oracle) it works fine. When I have it running on Informix (HP-UX 10.20) I get periodic core dumps. About once a week on a fa…
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…
GUI for Informix?? (besides MS Access!)
Sure. Its called Java. You can either write a Java application, which is a stand alone program, or you can write applets. Applets require a browser (Netscape, Microsoft, ... must have a JVM.) There are also drag and drop IDEs that allow for quicker development. And with Swing, …
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…
Compression of Blobs
Geoff <bonnin@erols.com> emitted: >>Are there any techniques out there to compress the information stored in >>blobs in order to reduce the amount of storage space used?? I've seen an IUS website where they wrote a UDR that would make a zip copy of a blob before inserting it int…
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…
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?…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
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.…
UDR with ESQL/C questions
Jonathan Leffler wrote (it' only the last part): >(2) ESQL/C programs talk to the database over a connection. Trying > to embed an ESQL/C routine inside the database in a UDR therefore > doesn't work because your trying to use the client-side connection > code on the serve…
Re: UDR with esqlc ?
Ilona Stoffel wrote: > I wonder wether I could register an esqlc function as an UDR in my > database. > I tried to build a shared object libary with my function in it with a > 'cc -G function.o -o lib.so' - line. And I tried to register it in > the database. There where no error…
UDR with esqlc ?
Hello there, I wonder wether I could register an esqlc function as an UDR in my database. I tried to build a shared object libary with my function in it with a 'cc -G function.o -o lib.so' - line. And I tried to register it in the database. There where no error message but I cou…
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…
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: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
Re: Oracle and Partner Push "Informix to Java" Migration
Mike Segel wrote: > Conference?) Yet Bob cut this and other > projects. The intergration of Java in to the engine seems to have taken > a back burner. I didn't go to this > years conference so I don't know if Informix did mention anything about > J-SPL in 7.X product line. > I…
OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? Thanks, Ben…
Informix computer Base classes
Has any body used the Informix computer base training classes. I am wondering if any of the computer based training classes: "Informix Dynamic Server System Administration" or the "Managing and Optimizing Informix Dynamic Server Databases" is good. Thank You…
Re: Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
Piet le Roux wrote: > > If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would > be appreciated. > I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, > except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message > semctl: errno 22…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7 on Linux
If anyone has succeeded to run Informix ODS 7 (SCO) on Linux help would be appreciated. I have installed iBCS and the shared libraries and the binaries work, except that the engine cannot initialize shared memory: Error message semctl: errno 22 create_vp: cannot allocat m…
Problems with Informix Dynamic Server for NT
Hi Has anyone tried downloading and running the dynamic server product for NT? I have it installed, but get the following error when I boot the system: AdmAgent.exe - Applicatioin error The instruction at "0x10087c69 referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be r…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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Re: 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…
Re: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!
Matthew O. Persico wrote: > > Peter Lancashire wrote: > > <snip> > > > Personally, I prefer something compact, with an elegant design > > philosophy behind it, that can be extended gracefully, is readable and > > can be analyzed by tools. That includes Java but is arguable for C+…
RE: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!
Well, Peter, which do you want? I wouldn't call C++ compact or Java trustworthy. How many times has the JVM in your browser crashed lately? OTOH, I have plenty of production stuff in PERL and have had zero, yes zero instances in recent memory where a Perl program "crashed". I s…
Re: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!
Peter Lancashire wrote: > <snip> > Personally, I prefer something compact, with an elegant design > philosophy behind it, that can be extended gracefully, is readable and > can be analyzed by tools. That includes Java but is arguable for C++. > What about Smalltalk, Self, Eifel,…
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: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!
In comp.databases.sybase Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.ml.org> wrote: : In article <ptuV.154$Tf3.3407886@news.ipass.net>, : David Sisk <davesisk@ipass.net> wrote: :>This is just my opinion, but there's only two kinds of Java: Microsoft's :>and everyone else's. In my opinion, Micros…
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: 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…
Need help ! Blob IO
Hello, How can I realize a UDR like getfile ( FILENAME AS String ) returns BLOB create with INFORMIX UNIVERSAL SERVER Datablade API that could use in a SQL Statement like update xy_table set myfile = getfile ( "/tmp/myfile" ); Best reguards, ---------------------------…
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 equivalent for Oracle "lower"?
>Is there an Informix-equivalent to the following simple thing in >Oracle? > >update my_table set Column_1 = lower(Column_2) > > There is in IUS currently via a UDR. I think that I remember reading that this was to become a built-in function which would utilize GLS with 7.30. …
PRESS: An Open Letter to Informix Customers, Partners, and
An Open Letter to Informix Customers, Partners, and Shareholders=20 September 22, 1997=20 Today, Informix announced that we will require additional time to complete the financial audit we started in August, and also that we have some new rough estimates of the amount of the fin…
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…
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: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
Pablo Sanchez wrote: > In article <3351f3b1.8299223@gate.idg.no>, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no writes: > > ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home) wrote: > > > > :I have been asked to do a comparison of captioned database engines, > > :to choose a database server for a medium size data…
Re: Java and NC
Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> wrote: >Actually, NC's are better for intranet apps than PCs. >Look at the cost of maintanence of a PC versus an NC. >By stripping down the PC, you lose configuration problems. >You lose the hassles of some user modif…
Re: case insensitive order by
Universal Server (lev 9.0) allows a UDR (user defined routine) to be used within the where clause. Additional, an index can be defined to be the output of such a routine. That is, it is possible to build an index of all uppercase characters, and to search on uppercase. Also, i…
Informix Certified Professional Program Update
Informix offers two certification paths. Each path requires the successful completion of two exams. Each exam is US $250 and is between 60-90 minutes long. * Database Specialist for INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.x 111 - Database Fundamentals Exam 112 - Managin…
Re: Sizing of char,varchar and text fields
Alexander J. Oss (alex.oss@films.com) wrote: : I believe that is not just a rumor about taking up at : least one block for each BLOB entry (and our block size : is also 2k). : You could try keeping the files outside of the database, : and store only the filenames inside... I t…
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?…
GIS'94 - CFP
CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd ACM WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS December 1-2, 1994 - NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA Sponsored by ACM …