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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 …
DB taking delay of 15 min to get connected.
It's in the ONCONFIG file. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:57 PM, SIDDHARTH RAVINDRAN <siravind@cisco.com> wrote: > > Hi Edcel, > > Thank you for the swift response, could you please let me know where I can > find the configuration parameter NS_CACHE ? > > Thanks, > …
onstat -g seg reveals several virtual segments many show a pool summary of 17184.H.sd
Hello removing RALLOC_MODE POOL will not change to overall need for memory. It will only generate less pools. A shorter onstat -g mem can be better to identify pools which are growing when "allocating additional shared memory segments" is ongoing, Support can help here. But suppo…
DRDA redirection to HDR primary
Hi Doug, I vaguely remember having dealt with this, my notes having things like alternateserverlist and enableAlternateServerListFirstConnect and a pointer to https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5.x?topic=njcshads-non-java-client-support-high-availability-connections-informix-serv…
Changing DBSPACETEMP run-time
Hi, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC5XE Please, is there a way to change DBSPACETEMP for a session inside 4GL? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
Manual Switch Primary , Secondary while RSS exist
ABeMie Absolutely agree with @David Williams; Do not wait for your RSS node to checkpoint before you convert your original Primary into your new HDR Secondary if you do not want to untangle spaghetti. If you think you will not be able to complete the switch before the CKPTINTVL…
Strange message in online.log
Hi Snorri, this message can safely be ignored. Its main intent is to ensure a certain mini-feature (irrelevant to most) is configured equally on primary and all its secondaries - which it will be if you don't have this (intentionally undocumented) parameter in any of the server's…
ADO - activex data object
What do I require, to connect "ado activex data object" to Informix ? AIX 7.2 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC9W1 Regards Dirk…
HDR simulation and docs
Hi, I am developing one project to have several HDR replicas over version 12.10.xC12 from customers, as I have seen over ONCONFIG there are several new parameters concerning replication Where can I find recent documentation about this and also any step by step guide to follow? Th…
Bufferpool configuration
Hi informix community, on a SPARC M10-1 Server we have a informix 12.10FC10 instance. Currently this instace use a buffer pool with around 7GB. Now i have the chance to configure the buffers up to 40GB. I would like to use the following configuration of the buffer pool: BUFFER…
SHARED MEMORY ALLOCATION
Note that DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM is limited to 25% of DS_TOTAL_MEMORY. Neither DS_TOTAL_MEMORY nor DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM are carved permanently out of SHMVIRTSIZE but are allocated from there as needed and released. I can alleviate Benjamin's fears. The total of DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM u…
listener-thread@soc_be.c:3073: err = -25582:
Adding Version details Informix Version : IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 12.10.FC6 O/S Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 Thanks & Regards, Karthik Rajan…
Continous logical log backup stuck - primary
Hi Marcus, yes, the the log backup is done in a directory, all the permissions are ok. It's the same as the other FC7 informix ha cluster that I configured beside few onconfig parameters, not related to backups. Thanks, Steven.…
IDS 12.10.FC8 AIX 7.1 VPCLASS autotune=1
Ended up setting both in the onconfig: AUTO_AIOVPS 1 VPCLASS aio,num=2,noage,autotune=1 Got the following information on startup from oninit -vy not the online.log Reading configuration file '/ifmx/ids/etc/onconfig'...Warning: VPCLASS setting for aio class overrides AUTO_AIOVP…
Informix and speculative execution
Hi all, I have seen speculative execution patches for Firefox and SQL Server. Are there speculative execution patches for Informix in progress? There is no IBM Flash for Informix Dynamic Server and speculaative execution! Regards, David.…
Rovoke insert permission but still can insert
I am doing it at the command line in the server directly in the directory C:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\IBM Informix Dynamic Server\\\\11.50\\\\bin…
Creation of another IDS instance
Dear All, In my CentOS 7 linux server we installed IDS 12.10FC8. Now we need another instance for another database project. How to do this. I am very new to Informix. 1. What steps need to follow. 2. What are the prerequisites. 3. How to differentiate both configuration files l…
identify what is allocating memory
original post: Hi , How identify what/who is consuming memory in a specific virtual memory segment ? With onstat -g ses , there is no session with high memory allocated. The amount of users sessions is keeping at regular average... No buffers pool was allocated automatically (I…
Connection Manager configuration
Hi All, I implemented High availability data replication (HDR) on my two dedicated servers. They are working fine. Presently they are configured as manual switchover. Now we want to make this a automatic failover. I had searched in goolge and finally came to know that is Connect…
Automatic Failure in HDR Setup
Sample cmsm.cfg.* files in $INFORMIXDIR/etc, together with the docs, would = be a good starting point. From: "MUKESH TANUKU" <mukeshbt1328@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 13.06.2017 13:20 Subject: Automatic Failure in HDR Setup [39357] Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org Hello All…
Free Webcast - Informix Disks & Database Layout 3/
Be sure to register the next free webcast "Disks and Database Layout", presented by Art Kagel on Thursday, 3/30/17 at 2 PM EST. Register at: http://advancedatatools.com/Informix/NextWebcast.html This is the 3rd in our continuing series of Informix Best Practices webcasts. If y…
Odd Bufferpool Behaviou
Original post: AIX 6.1 IDS 11.70.FC8X8 I have a new machine with a lot of extra memory. Given that, I added a bunch of new buffers (4k, 8k, & 16k) and went to town testing away. Long story short, with all those new buffers, I get virtual segments added at startup. In onstat -g …
too many statements in memory
Hi, I would say you have to take a look in the java code which is probably not releasing the statements and/or resultsets. The connection pool cannot do that if the client code leaves statements open. This responsibility of the programmer to free everything after usage, unless i…
IDS 12.1- Query cost High
Hi, Based on our query cost ids 11.10 return 00:00:39 second and ids 12.10 return 05:34.13 second. A lot of different running on ids 11.10 and ids 12.10. I try found this parameter "OPT_SEEK_FACTOR" on onconfig file ids 12.10, but not exists. If we want add this parameter, what…
IDS 12.10.FC- Installation
Hi. I reinstall again informix and not more issues or serial number.Now i just reduce our physical dbspace & as log as your advice to bring up informix online. I will restore data from old version informix (11.50) into latest version informix (12.10) using #ontape command. Aft…
12.10.FC6 Mac port released
IBM Informix 12.10.FC6 release for Mac OS is officially available! John F. Miller III STSM, Lead Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-747-1366 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)…
shared memory issue
checking 'onstat -g mem' was already mentioned in one of the other responses. Consider collecting this output in intervals after this Informix instance was started. Then you should be able to see if there is a specific memory pool which grows constantly, for example. Also, this…
Faster Dbimport
Hello Forum People! What is the best ONCONFIG configuration file for a dbimport a database that has a size of 60GB flat format ?. The server is an IBM x366 with a quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and fiber channel disks 2 Gbits / second. The engine is a Windows TD6 IDS 7.31. …
RSS not working
-bash-4.2$ onstat - IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC9 -- On-Line --…
new bufferpool
original post This concerns ids12.10TC3IE . These are the old lines in my onconfig... #BUFFERPOOL default,buffers=10000,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=50.00,lru_max_dirty=60.50 #BUFFERPOOL size=4K,buffers=100000,lrus=8,lru_min_dirty=20.00,lru_max_dirty=30.00 #BUFFERPOOL size=16K,buffers=…
Informix upgrade
Can we upgrade informix from Dynamic Server Version 11.70 to 12.1 workgroup edition directly?…
Buffer Size and Use
Folks, We recently had a conversation with a well-respected name in the Informix world, recently, concerning our bufferpool configuration. When exported, our database takes up only about 18 GB. We had a buffer pool of 12 GB, figuring that the more memory resident, the better. Al…
when use IfxDataReader.GetIfxDateTime to NULL valu
Hello, The version of Informix products in my environment is: Database server: AIX IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC5 IBM Informix CSDK Version 2.90 IBM-ESQL Version 2.90.FC4 Client: PC Windows IBM Informix-ESQL 3.70.TC5DE.…
Error building 'sysmaster' database
Hello everyone, I am a new user with informix. I am trying to configure and initialize informix server. But I have the error with "oninit -ivy" command. The message in online logs as the following: 17:31:16 Error building 'sysmaster' database. 17:31:16 See '/tmp/buildsmi.26451'…
IDS 12.10 - dbimport very slow
Hi Markus, Is your import logged ? Regards, Henri MOUKOURI Le 25 juin 2013 à 10:45, "MARKUS BRINKBäUMER" <markus.brinkbaeumer@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello, > > we have a new server (Windows 2012, 8 GB RAM, 4 x 600 GB SAS 15k HDD). On the > server we have installed an IBM Inf…
Help on jboss memory usage for persistant sessions
Hi, the problem is probably in the application, not in the database. When using a JDBC connection, each object should be closed after usage. ResultSet, PreparedStatement, Connection etc. When using a connection pool, the connection.close() method will return the connection to th…
Performance Tuning Discussion
Ok it seems you have a big hardware, what´s your Informix version? What´s your box architecture? For performance tips, there is a good article in Andrew Ford´s blog, that should clarify your thoughts.... http://www.informix-dba.com/p/informix-innovator-c-tuning-basics.html This…
DB_locale or local naming convention
Hi, I already mention the informix version. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.TC1IE…
Page size
Where do you set the page size when configuring Informix? I don't see it in the ONCONFIG anywhere.…
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,…
Bufferpool max size in Windows Server 2008 64bit
Hi, I restarted engine once more and now it looks right. So, probable user error! Are there other memory parameters that would benefit from very large values? Thanks, Lauri d:\\\\Program Files\\\\IBM\\\\Informix\\\\11.70>onstat -X IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC…
CPU informix
how to configure CPU with informix. For example, if i have 1 CPU with 4 cores and i want to assign only 2 cores. What is the correct parameter on onconfig file for this? Thank you for your answers.…
Re: help with informix on windows oncheck -pr erro
more information Domain: st-network.maf.govt.nz from config file SERVERNUM 0 # Unique id corresponding to a server instance DBSERVERNAME apecert_ST # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES apecert_ST_drda # List of alternate dbserver n the error C:\\\\Users\\\\oliverk-a…
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…
Re: Strange behaviour when using a view in 11.....
Art, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have temp spaces configured. I did not have a normal dbspace in my DBSPACETEMP list, only had temporary dbspaces. I added one, restarted informix, and rootdbs still filled. The client had nothing set for DBSPACETEMP. I even tried added the same…
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 …
Configure IDS 11.50 to avoid sorts going disk or t
Good afternoon, Is there a configuration setting in ONCONFIG file to prevent sorts and other temporary operations from using files? Several sorts are creating temp or scratch files in $INFORMIXDIR/tmp. Can those operations be doing in memory instead of on disk? If so, how do you…
IDS 7.31 UD5 data(base) recovery
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD5 I understood that IDS 7.31 entered End Of Support in September 2009 ( 2 and a half years ago) I hope this is not a business critical system…
Problem with identifying root cause of continual m
original post: Hi to all, I have a problem with identifying root cause of continual memory consuming by db-sessions. Our OS: AIX Our IDS: 11.70.FC3 Application layer is Weblogic Application server and the interface is JDBC driver. During investigating this issue I was able to i…
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 …
11.50.FC8 aio memory pool allocation seems high
after upgrading our client from 11.50.FC5 to 11.50.FC8 (aix) , the engine uses aprx 130 meg more of virtual shared memory. By comparing historical onstats between the two versions the increase is in the aio memory pool (~230 meg) , where on FC5 the usage topped around 90 megs... …
tempdbs used by a ghost
Alberto Romeu Pessonio Filho Wrote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi guys!!! Sorry to forget this: IDS 11.50 FC7W1GE Linux Redhat x86_64bits Art: My system wasn't in archive mode when the issue happened. I suspect that we are…
Increase buffer pool size
Dear All, i found the following line in the message log of an IDS 10.00 on a Linux Box having 3GB memory: WARNING: Buffer pool size is too small for read ahead operation I would like to increase this parameter, as obviously it has the default size of 5000 buffers with a 2k page…
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…
Re: 11.70.tc1IE limits
Thanks, Doug. I will try that Monday. Sorry about this email, but Windows Mail says I don’t have a Simple Mapi-compatible mailer installed, so I cannot just hit “reply all” . Hi Bill. There is more than one issue here, but mostly you need to work out what the memory leak is. C…
ids 11.70.TC1IE limits
Hi Bill. There is more than one issue here, but mostly you need to work out what the memory leak is. Can you watch "onstat -g ses" and "onstat -g mem" to spot which session or shared memory pool is growing? If it's a session, use "onstat -g ses session-id" to find out the detail…
why does DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM have the prefix "DS"
Yes. It comes out of DS_TOTAL_MEMORY. Art On Jun 20, 2011 5:09 AM, "YE XIE" <xieye@cn.ibm.com> wrote: > In Informix Administrator's Reference, I see: > Use the DS_NONPDQ_QUERY_MEM configuration parameter to increase the amount of > memory that is available for a query that is no…
Setting up HDR- First Time -11.70 Innovator-C
Hi, I am setting up HDR for the first time. onstat - on primary shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 0:11:5s onstat - on secondry shows IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.UC2IE -- Fast Recovery (Sec) -- Up 00s onstat -m on sec…
ISAM error 197: Partition recently appended to
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) I have done a level 0 backup directed to /dev/null and tried again. still it is throwing the same error.…
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…
Import restore issue
Hi, I did import restore and it requires some configuration from the source DB instance...ixbar.xx, onconfig, sqlhosts. ixbar.xx -- this compose of the backup you have done and the ISM will ask about this if you restore. if it's too big, trim it on the date you want to restore…
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
INFORMIX CONFIGURATION
The configuration is in the file located at $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. If you don't have that environment variable set in your shell run onstat -c which will print the currently running configuration along with the path to the ONCONFIG file. Don't know what a DBS configuration i…
new onconfig parameters added onconfig file 11.5
most of these aren't new at all. Some have been around since 7.10. Some were undocumented until around 9.30 or so. Others were new in 9.40 or 10.00. There are a few really new ones, but, the server upgrade does not, to my knowledge, update the ONCONFIG file at all. Art Art S. K…
Random Server Slowdown "Redone"
There are some usual things you could do for now: 1) calc your database ratios, I think there are several NETTYPE, BUFFERS and even BTSCANNER options that could be optimized, you could download Mr. Art script to automatically know these important numbers!!! It´s on the download …
shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER
There are no more checkpoints in the onine.log oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/usr/informix/etc/.inf…
Informix Dynamic Server Software Downloads
It appears IBM has cleverly hidden the IDS downloads again on the Passport Advantage Website, at least from my prying eyes. I can find the Solid DB and the DB2 links just fine. Does anyone out there in IIUG-land with a Passport Advantage account know where IBM has stashed the dow…
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…
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…
server startup
Is this the way you have things configured? (I got this from your earlier posts): DBSERVERNAME ol_ids_1150_1 # Name of default Dynamic Server DBSERVERALIASES svc_drda # List of alternate dbserver names and sqlhosts has svc_ids_1150_1 onsoctcp host svc_ids_1150_1 The first col…
Informix Dynamic Server Scheduler question
Hi! I'm working on a project at my faculty. It's a java desktop application with an informix database. I have a problem using informix dynamic server scheduler. I have a particular table in my database. This table contains records that are inserted by the desktop aplication I'm …
IDS 9.40 End of Support Imminent
I have seen a number of posts on CDI recently related to IDS 9.40 As per the announcement on September 7th 2007, effective on the dates listed below, IBM will withdraw support from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: 9…
syspools
>Jacques, > >Thanks very much for the response! > >We are wondering if it can be reused for other purposes if needed. The >concern is, we have total around 800M Virtual segment size, the "mt" >occupied more than 600M( see below). We have had some "out of Memory" >problems . It so…
Fatal error
Dear Friends, When i am try to onlining the informix i got this messages informix@DBSERVER> oninit -v -y Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/export/home/informix/IDS0/etc/onconfig.voms'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.…
use stored proc that return multiple columns in a query
forgot to include version info: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6W5 -- On-Line -- Up 207 days 22:14:39 -- 1441100 Kbytes…
installing informix dynamic server in linux
hi, I'm new to informix... I tried to install informix dynamic server(iif. 11.50.UC2E.Linux-RHEL4.tar) in my linux machine. I'm getting an error like this... One or more prerequisite system libraries are not installed on your computer. Install libpam.so.0, libncurses.so.5…
Informix allocating shared segments
It does sound like it could be a server memory leak. What you would want to do is to start monitoring onstat -g mem and onstat -g seg output. In the onstat -g mem output you would want to do comparisons on pool sizes and look for any pool or pools that might be continually growin…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition
Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this versio…
b-tree scanner tuning and expected behavior
Hi all, I don't know exactly what configuration details you need, but I already posted this: 1. We have IDS 9.40FCX (we have some instances with 10.00XC8, too, but no problems with them) 2. No configuration at all in onconfig that makes any reference to BTSCANNER 3. We started ma…
CONFIGURATION ONAUDIT-IBM Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, I need to configure onaudit and onshowaudit able to register for each of the consultations that are made to the database, either through dbaccess, ODBC or another application. I've been reviewing the IBM Informix Trusted Facility Guide, but I was not working. What param…
How to use Informix Dynamic Server
I have installed trial version of "Informix IDS Dynamic Server Developer Edition 11.5 for Windows 2003, XP, Vista, 32bit Version 1150TC1DE". But i am new to informix. Can anyone explain how to use IDS in detail.…
Simple logical log question
Hi everyone. With IDS 9.4 database does the following mean that one should add more logical logs, or perhaps make some onconfig change? Is it serious? Thanks...... Warning - The log space appears to be configured too small for use with Enterprise Replication (ER). ER may requir…
Informix hang
Yaron Reinharts wrote: > Hi, > > We are running a Java application under load which uses Informix JDBC driver > The Informix server is located on another server > > First we tried static connection pool, everything seems to work fine however > for some reason we can not use stati…
What is IPA abbreviation ?
Hi all IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER 10.00 PRODUCT RELEASE bug_number 168928 description WITH NON-DEFAULT PAGE SIZE AND ACTIVE IPA'S, TABLE LEVEL RESTORES FAIL product_code ONUTILS component_code ARCHECKR What is IPA ? Thanks…
Informix onconfig file configuration
Hello, We recently moved from a quad proc (hyper threaded to 8), 8GB RAM to a 2 socket dual core, 16GB RAM server. In order to maximize the cores and RAM what entries need to be modified, if any? Thanks, Jared…
Update from Digital 7.31.FD1to ....
Back to one of the origional issues, performace goes South when there are 150 users on the box. Believe this issue has been discussed before, how many NETTYPE threads can be configured of each configured CPU. You have configured 3 CPU's but list: NETTYPE soctcp,8,50,NET # Config…
"Dynamically added new Virtual segment "question
> What do I do? (and don't start me on onmode -F on HP-UX!!!!!!!!!!) > First off is onstat -g seg to find the address of the new segment, no > problem. > But once I've done that, what's the next move? > I'm guessing onstat -g mem and find out what processes have a pool > starting…
IIUG TV
Great job on the video work!! I look forward to seeing more! -t- -- -- Informix Dynamic Server Database Engine -- http://www.informix.com --…
Re: Informix beats Oracle
Mark Jamison wrote: > Hi t, > > I'm not Serge, but the answer to that is yes. > > As of 11.10, you can have pessimistic-locking, or optimistic locking. > > Entirely configurable at the instance level. > > The onconfig parameter is > > USELASTCOMMITTED > As I wrote answering to S…
Re: Slow database creation and loading
On Jun 18, 10:50 pm, "Jack Parker" <jack.park...@verizon.net> wrote: > If you are using HPL, that grabs it's own memory. Data does not go through > the normal buffer pool (unless you are using deluxe mode). You might not > want to increase buffers. I need to double check but I…
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…
Auditing not started in 7.31.UD1
Hi! Why isn't auditing activated, when starting the database server whit oninit, with the following settings in ONCONFIG? ADTMODE 1 # Auditing mode ADTPATH /tmp # Directory where audit trails will be written by OnLine ADTSIZE 500…
Initializing rhead structure...oninit: DBSERVERNAME 'cfms' not in sqlhosts file or sqlhosts file contents are damaged.
"onconfig.std" is used as a template for creating configuration files. If you only have one informix instance the configuration file is typically called just "onconfig". There's an environment variable called "ONCONFIG" which points to the configuration. If not set informix will …
Memory leak on AIX 5.3
Reading through this my impression is that this APAR talks about authorization functionality and the msc VP growing in size. What Mirek described looks like Informix session memory is growing rapidly within IDS shared memory - if I don't misinterpret what he's saying about the '…
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: Listing all the tables in using a dbspace in Informix
On Feb 14, 1:11 pm, venkatredd...@gmail.com wrote: > I tried using oncheck -pe <dbspace name> and got the following > message > > WARNING: Cannot access configuration file $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. > > V Make sure $INFORMIXDIR and $ONCONFIG are set and that you have permissio…
Re: onconfig
Hello, apart from editing ONCONFIG directly, some parameters are dynamically changeable: Usage: onparams ... -m <param> <value> ... -m - Modify the value of one of the following configuration parameters: AFFAIL, AFCRASH, AFW…
Re: error initializing
Juan Pablo wrote: > Hi: > > when initializing my INFORMIX leaves the following message to me error: > > $ oninit -v > Checking group membership to determine server run mode...succeeded > Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig.nazca'...succeeded > Creating /INFORMI…
error initializing
Hi: when initializing my INFORMIX leaves the following message to me error: $ oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run mode...succeeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig.nazca'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs...succeeded Creat…
error initializing
Hi: when initializing my INFORMIX leaves the following message to me error: $ oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run mode...succeeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig.nazca'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs...succeeded Creat…
syssqlstat from users
Hello: Now in version 10.FC5, the users can't execute 'select ' from table syssqlstat. In other version it's posible execute this select , but in 10 version only informix user can execute it. There is a environ varible for another users ?? It's Onconfig configuration??…
JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log #
HI, I believe after I configured : VPCLASS jvp,num=1 # Number of JVPs to start with in my onconfig file, then, it keep attaching the following lines to my onconfig file, JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jvp.log # JVP log file. JVPLOGFILE $INFORMIXDIR/extend/krakatoa/jv…
License Extension
Help.. I need a license extension for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC3R1TL which I downloaded to do a evaluation. How can I get the license extened..my project is in the final stages .. Dhaya Commercial bank…
Re: Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Clive Eisen wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Yes the buffer overflow issues are a pain and frankly they shouldn't occur > > if IBM did formal code reviews. Or rather they should be caught and > > corrected prior to release. > > > > "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> wrote in m…
Security Vulnerabilities Addressed in Informix Dynamic Server
Not sure if this has posted here or not but .... http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=D600&u id=swg21242921&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THER…
Re: Virtual shared memory: aio pool
"After restart IDS with unset SECURITY_LOCALCONNECTION, aio pool is not increase." Log a support call with IBM.…
Virtual shared memory: aio pool
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&context=SSGU8G&dc=DB520&uid=swg21216394&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en After set SECURITY_LOCALCONNECTION to 1 on IDS 9.40FC6 (Sun Solaris) , size of aio pool increased to 334 MB over 4 days. After restart IDS with unset SECURITY_…
Initialising Informix
I am trying to initialize informix on a new server and I am getting this error. The server is HP UX 11.11 and Informix IDS 7.31 What could be the problem / This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server; any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible …
Informix Connection From WIN CE.NET Emulator?
How do I connect to informix dynamic server from WIN CE.NET Emulator? Is there a WIN CE informix driver?…
Re: Virtual shared memory: aio pool
After restart IDS size increase to 1MB after 2 day work - total size 168MB free 26MB All connection ipcstr…
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/…
Virtual shared memory: aio pool
Hi! IDS 9.40FC6 onstat -g mem | grep aio Pool Summary: name class addr totalsize freesize #allocfrag #freefrag aio V 21e0c6040 670588928 105694536 816895 179934 onstat -g seg Segment Summary: id key addr …
Fragmentation Elimination Problem
I am on version IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC4.…
Re: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Ronald Schwingel wrote: > Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) > Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use > before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide > documentation that I can pass on also? It looked to…
RE: Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
First off you shouldn't be getting shared memory access errors. That sounds more like a bug that technical support should address. I wouldn't be surprised if your getting can't allocate additional shared memory segment messages. Informix 32-bit on AIX is a bitch. The problem …
Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 - Shared Memory
Can someone please tell me how much Shared Memory (gigabytes?) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 (32-bit version) for AIX 5L can use before asserting with a Shared Memory access error? Can you provide documentation that I can pass on also? We are looking at providing one of cust…
create a DB on Linux
Hi! I have installed Informix dynamic server on Linux. Now I want to create a data base. What should I do? Thanks…
Re: flagship sunk
Funny I have been able to download IDS 10 for Solaris, Windows and Linux am I just smarter than everyone else? www.informix.com Support and downloads In the middle trials and betas Oh look Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 easy!…
Does "onmode -F" always work?
Hi, onmode -F does two things: 1) It searches all memory pools and tries to free any freeblks in each memory pool. Those freeblks belong to the memory pool, but are unused. When 'onmode -F succeeds, it returns the memory to the the the free memory in the segment. You should …
Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.FAILED
Hill, what could have caused it ? angel:/opt/informixids/msg/en_us/0333}oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/opt/informixids/etc/onconfig.angel'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating …
Fill Factor in database used with baan
Hi all, OS: Windows NT Database: Informix IDS 9.2x ERP: BaaN B40c.66 checking for the onconfigs of the company i am working for... i have found that the two server are configured with FILLFACTOR 60... is this something BaaN is recommending are there any reasons for not having …
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.…
Long transaction aborted in Informix IDS 7.31
the specific onconfig variables to review are LTXHWM and LTXEHWM, howvere if you don't have enough logical logs configured to cope with the transaction these parameters will not help and you could end up in a bigger mess such that the transaction will NOt rollback and your server…
Re: Configuring remote tcp connections.
Hi, I've got this line on my $ONCONFIG file: NETTYPE ipcshm,1,120,CPU # Configure Poll thread for nettype I need this line. How can I define other NETTYPE values? Can you show me an example of two distinct configurations? Regards, Nuno Paquete…
oninit: Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache error
I am having some trouble initializing shared memory on Solaris 9 with Informix IDS 9.4. --------------- $ oninit -ivy Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/dbms/informix/etc/onconfig.site'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/…
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: Re: oninit error .. [5496]
$ oninit -ivy Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.padbv2'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.padbv2" ... "/opt/informix/etc/.co …
Creating a temp dbspace failing on RedHat ES 4.0
Thanks for all the replies, and huge thanks to Sandor Szabo who got this working. 1. Set an enviroment variable INFORMIXSHMBASE to -1 2. In the ONCONFIG, set SHMBASE to 0x44000000 After that it all works fine. Details from Sandor: RHEL 3 Update 3 added a new feature "Exec Shi…
Re: IDS 10 Express Edition
Note 10.00.xC3 = Enterprise Version 10.00.xC3E = Express Edition http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.relnotes.doc/uc3E/idse_win_release_notes_10.0.html Then click on "IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition" in the right pane:…
setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux error
I setup Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 to linux execcute oninit -ivy is failed the online.log is write /// 16:31:32 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment (size 8192KB) 16:31:32 Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC1E1 Software Serial Number AA…
error the running INSTANCIA
Hi: Cuando inicio la instancia me sale el siguiente mensaje de error.... alguna idea, se los agradecere. Me pueden dar una pista ??? saludos ============================================================= Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading co…
error the running INSTANCIA
Hi: Cuando inicio la instancia me sale el siguiente mensaje de error.... alguna idea, se los agradecere. Me pueden dar una pista ??? saludos ============================================================= Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Readin…
RE: DBTEMP
For temporary files ids will use: PSORT_DBTEMP if not defined he will check DBSPACETEMP environment var, if not defined will check DBSPACETEMP in the ONCONFIG, if not defined will use /tmp. used for the following operations: ORDER BY/GROUP BY UNIQUE/DISTINCT, SORT-MERGE-Join, …
Re: RESIDENT and BUFFERPOOL
David E. Grove wrote: >>On Solaris the 4MB page size is used for any segment made resident, no >>matter how many there are. > > Since page size is now settable in IDS 10, does the above have any > implication on specifying a BUFFERPOOL page size? I'm no sure whether you understa…
Re: RESIDENT and BUFFERPOOL
David E. Grove wrote: >>On Solaris the 4MB page size is used for any segment made resident, no >>matter how many there are. > > Since page size is now settable in IDS 10, does the above have any > implication on specifying a BUFFERPOOL page size? I'm no sure whether you understa…
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Re: Onbar backup problems
Martin, After doing several tests with the onconfig parameters, we found that the only way that the backup would run was to define the BAR_MAX_BACKUP variable with a number different than 0. Is there anything documented on this issue ? We are running Windows 2000 Advance Serve…
Informix Dynamic Server information Centre
Great new utility just posted under IDS 10 on the docs site has uses for other products and versions than just IDS 10 so take a look even if you are not using 10 yet!! http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp…
Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG.
im trying to run the oninit -i in the command prompt when the message appear... we installed... IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.40 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Rapid Development System Version 7.32.UC2 IBM INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.32.UC2 set up sqlhosts, services, onconfig, path... but when tr…
Re: alarmprogram.sh
Hi, I assume you are not using the same $ONCONFIG file for both instances (dev and prod). So in the prod's $ONCONFIG file you can specify a different alarmprogram. Parameters ALARMPROGRAM and SYSALARMPROGRAM both take an absolut path as value, so you can specify a different loca…
Informix 7.23 connection problem
Dear Cristoff, > We are using Informix 7.23 Online database on Unixware 2.1.3. It works > OK if less then 50 users are connected. When 51-st is connecting, it > starts to refuse connections, create closed connections and go slow. I > have increased tcp, MAXUP and NBUF parameters…
RE: Pagesize question
rkusenet wrote: > hmm interesting. Informix use to have configurable page size till version 5.0. > Why did they stop it? And .. why are they bringing it back now. Until some stage (I thought it was 6.00, but I am willing to believe it was 5.00), the ONCONFIG (or TBCONFIG) file c…
Installing IDS 7.x on Windows NT
Hi I would like to install IDS 7.x for workgroup on Windows NT machine that do not have any network installed on it. I don�t want to install network card on machine. Can someone please help with the configuration setup for 'Client and Server on the Same System via Shared Memory…
Connection Pooling for 4GL/dbaccess
Hello all, Our application relies heavily on many short lived 4GL and dbaccess sessions. In the process of some performance tuning, I am noticing that executing a simple query through dbaccess on clients (remote from the DB server using tlitcp), can take anywhere between 100 an…
chunk capacity
we are using BM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC2X3 on Linux Kernel 2.4.21 the command 'onstat -d' shows ... Expanded chunk capacity mode: disabled how can I change this mode to 'enabled'?…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
problems of Inztallation's
Hi: I have problems with thle installation of IDS. Plataform: HP-UX 11.11 IDS: 7.31 FD8 I cannot initialize !!! If I want to iniciarlize via onmonitor .... the error is: shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'crazy_tcp If i want to inicialize vi command ..... the err…
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…
Session memory usage
Hi, does someone know how much memory a user session takes on a Informix database server? How many concurrent user sessions can a normal server (4 GB primary memory) handle, before connection pooling is needed? /Fredrik…
Intitialization problem
Hi, I have a problem with IDS 7.31 on SCO 5.0.5 When trying to initialize IDS and it hangs. Here is the oninit -v command: # oninit -v Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/usr/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating …
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…
cannot initialize root dbspace
$ 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 server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/informix/etc/on…
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…
Memory usage-tm
Hi, informix consumes all machine memory. We have to stop and start informix. Pool with but memory is "TM". onstat -g mem tm Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD7 -- On-Line -- Up 15 days 09:44:44 -- 845824 Kbytes Pool Summary: name class addr totals…
Memory usage-tm
Hi, informix consumes all machine memory. We have to stop and start informix. Pool with but memory is "TM". onstat -g mem tm Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD7 -- On-Line -- Up 15 days 09:44:44 -- 845824 Kbytes Pool Summary: name class addr totals…
Memory usage-tm
Hi, informix consumes all machine memory. We have to stop and start informix. Pool with but memory is "TM". onstat -g mem tm Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD7 -- On-Line -- Up 15 days 09:44:44 -- 845824 Kbytes Pool Summary: name class addr totals…
DB Server Alias
Hi All, I have the following issue: I need to connect the same instance through 2 IP addresses, i read in this newsgroup that there is a variable in ONCONFIG file called DBSERVERALIASES, this variable permits to set more than one ipaddress/aliasName for the same instance after …
Informix IDS problem
Hi All, When I try to start the IDS 9.40 on HP PA-RISC machine, I get the following error. If I reinstall the IDS it works properly. If I shut down & restart the database it fails with the below message.. Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading …
Dose anybody have the dbtop script in the Troubleshooting informix course?
Dears, I study the Troubleshooting ibm informix dynamic server course. At the module 4 exercise need the dbtop script. Dose anybody has this dbtop script and post for me? Thanks. Philip Yeh.…
Work group edition - Unlimited edition??
Taken from IBM web site:- =========================================================================== The following Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Unlimited editions have been added to the IBM Data Management Gold Transaction Processing Bundle for SMB Unlimited: IBM Informix…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, 'res-buff' is a database cache. I've never seen any memory leak in that pool. Memory leaks usually occur in 'V' segments - either 'global' or per-session pools ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: yasarakman@isne…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, 'res-buff' is a database cache. I've never seen any memory leak in that pool. Memory leaks usually occur in 'V' segments - either 'global' or per-session pools ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: yasarakman@isne…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, 'res-buff' is a database cache. I've never seen any memory leak in that pool. Memory leaks usually occur in 'V' segments - either 'global' or per-session pools ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: yasarakman@isne…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, 'res-buff' is a database cache. I've never seen any memory leak in that pool. Memory leaks usually occur in 'V' segments - either 'global' or per-session pools ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: yasarakman@isne…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, 'res-buff' is a database cache. I've never seen any memory leak in that pool. Memory leaks usually occur in 'V' segments - either 'global' or per-session pools ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: yasarakman@isne…
Re: informix session memory usage problem
"Yasar Akman" <yasarakman@isnet.net.tr> wrote in message news:daa0f8b6.0404062206.46de2f2d@posting.google.com... > Alexey, > Thank you very much for you reply. > > "onstat -g mem" shows that the biggest pool is res-buff. > the details of the pool is: > > E2:/home/opera->onstat -g…
Re: informix session memory usage problem
Alexey, Thank you very much for you reply. "onstat -g mem" shows that the biggest pool is res-buff. the details of the pool is: E2:/home/opera->onstat -g mem res-buff IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC2 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 1 days 13:33:39 -- 4096000 Kbytes Po…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, Please, can You try to analyze the following: 1. Memory allocation by segment: onstat -g seg 2. Total memory allocation: onstat -g mem 3. If You find that some particular pool reported in (2) is very big, please, try to investigate it with onstat -g <pool name|session id>…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, Please, can You try to analyze the following: 1. Memory allocation by segment: onstat -g seg 2. Total memory allocation: onstat -g mem 3. If You find that some particular pool reported in (2) is very big, please, try to investigate it with onstat -g <pool name|session id>…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, Please, can You try to analyze the following: 1. Memory allocation by segment: onstat -g seg 2. Total memory allocation: onstat -g mem 3. If You find that some particular pool reported in (2) is very big, please, try to investigate it with onstat -g <pool name|session id>…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, Please, can You try to analyze the following: 1. Memory allocation by segment: onstat -g seg 2. Total memory allocation: onstat -g mem 3. If You find that some particular pool reported in (2) is very big, please, try to investigate it with onstat -g <pool name|session id>…
RE: informix session memory usage problem
Yasar, Please, can You try to analyze the following: 1. Memory allocation by segment: onstat -g seg 2. Total memory allocation: onstat -g mem 3. If You find that some particular pool reported in (2) is very big, please, try to investigate it with onstat -g <pool name|session id>…
Re: [Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):] Digest 2671
For a course in the US, check out: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=course_description&co urseCode=L1760&country=us&language=en (IBM course L1760). There is probably a similar course offered in Europe somewhere. Hope this helps. Kevin Doiron Toronto,…
Re: Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
chaithra wrote: > i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a > transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or > rollsback we should be able to know the status. > is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. I'm not quite s…
Transaction support in informix dynamic server(IDS)
hi all, i wanted to know, if in IDS we can get to know the status of a transaction at any given time. or once any transaction commits or rollsback we should be able to know the status. is it possible through c++ interface provided by the IDS. thanx in advace chaithra…
configure computer for using informix
what shell I do to make my computer work with informix. I have installed winXP on my computer, informix 4 i informix dynamic server? THANKS…
Where can I get the client API?
Hi, does anyone knows where to get the client API for Informix Dynamic Server 7.x? Perhaps we want to access the server via api directly. Kind regards, Joachim Engel.…
Informix optimizer
Hi, Does anyone know if the Informix Dynamic Server (7.31 or 9.4) database optimizer uses star schema optimizer techniques? Thank you, Tony…
TRUNCATE TABLE command in 9.3?
I am aware that Informix Dynamic Server previously has not included the TRUNCATE TABLE command. Does anyone know if 9.3 or 9.4 include this command?…
Linux fgl_getenv
Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 on Linux. Do I have to do something before I can use the fgl_getenv call in a stored procedure? When I try I get 674: Routine (fgl_getenv) can not be resolved.…
Re: How can I tell what's eating my global memory pool?
squung@aol.com (Everett Mills) wrote in message news:<b53eea08.0308120717.47d798f3@posting.google.com>... Addenda: I just read this in another forum, sounds like the same problem... From: Alexey Sonkin [mailto:alexeis@grandvirtual.com] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:42 PM To…
Severe memory leak in global pool: mgm_query
Hi, everybody, After taking a look at the size of memory pools (onstat -g mem) on our machine, I was shocked : it appeared, that the size of global pool is 138 MB!!! Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.UC4 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 22 days 14:11:09 -- 1790448 Kbytes Pool S…
AW: Severe memory leak in global pool: mgm_query
P.S. It seems that this problem doesn't reproduce with 9.40 ------------------------------------------ Alexey Sonkin Senior Database Administrator > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexey Sonkin > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:17 PM > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Subj…
Severe memory leak in global pool: mgm_query
Hi, everybody, After taking a look at the size of memory pools (onstat -g mem) on our machine, I was shocked : it appeared, that the size of global pool is 138 MB!!! Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.UC4 -- On-Line (Prim) -- Up 22 days 14:11:09 -- 1790448 Kbytes Po…
How can I tell what's eating my global memory pool?
Guys- We have a pair of (supposed to be) identical IDS servers running in two of our plants. They have similar software, identical hardware, etc. They are both running IDS 7.31.FD4 on HP-UX 11.0. The less busy one, however has a global memory pool that grows until it chews…
RE: Dynamic Server versus Universal Server ??
Originally, Version 7.x was called 'Informix Dynamic Server', Version 9.0x was called 'Universal server' Starting with 9.1, Universal server became 'Dynamic server with Universal data option'. With 9.2, new names 'Internet Foundation 2000 ' and 'Dynamic server 2000' ware given…
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 startup problem
Hi, While starting up informix in multi user mode , we wait for the database to come up by checking the onstat - o/p . But if the system is loaded, even after onstat shows status as online , the connection is rejected by the database . The wait loop that we do is as follow…
why I can't see the output of "onstat -g wts"
test:/informix>onstat -g wst Informix Dynamic Server 2000 Version 9.21.FC7 -- On-Line -- Up 5 days 13:23:03 -- 11132960 Kbytes Wait statistics not enabled How to enable the wait statistics???…
informix SDK 2.81 ifxoledbc OLEDB and ADO
When Updating or deleting a non existing row in a table, the informix oledb provider produces an "UnSpecified error". Environment: Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix SDK 2.81 ADO 2.6 Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance…
backup onbar
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bc52r5$fk9nk$2@ID-64669.news.dfncis.de... > DBA-BABY wrote: > > > > > > > Hello group > > > > my version is: Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD3 > > > > I need to do backup my DB. > > I have to use the onbar. > …
NETTYPE
Hello, yes it's posssible to put several NETTYPEs in one file. I also have two entries in one file: NETTYPE tlitcp,4,96,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype NETTYPE ipcshm,2,64,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype ciao, Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:…
Side Effects of Setting Tables Memory Resident
Dave Thacker wrote in message ... >In an effort to cut down on disk I/0, I have set 8 of our most heavily used >tables to memory resident. The checkpoints have gone through the roof. I >was averaging 1-3 seconds and am now stuck at 8-9, with spikes to 15. >Checkpoint interval …
RE: Problem with memory allocation
Yes, it is. The virtual pool is used for internal tables, session data, thread data, stored procedures caching, sorting. -----Original Message----- From: Aboobacker V V [mailto:aboo@syd-co.au.dhl.com] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:20 PM To: John Carlson Cc: informix-list@i…
Re: Problem with memory allocation
John, Thanks for this, Can you please tell me what is this global pool, Is that the pool used for sorting and indexing. Aboo John Carlson wrote: > See comments below . . . . > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aboobacker V V [mailto:aboo@syd-co.au.dhl.com] > Sent: Wednesda…
RE: Problem with memory allocation
It looks like you're running into KAIO problem (bug). Tell us about your environment. Vivek Chaudhary -----Original Message----- From: Aboobacker V V [mailto:aboo@syd-co.au.dhl.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:10 PM Cc: informix-…
RE: Problem with memory allocation
See comments below . . . . -----Original Message----- From: Aboobacker V V [mailto:aboo@syd-co.au.dhl.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:10 PM Cc: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Problem with memory allocatation Hi All, Can anybody please help me with the memory segments…
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…
questions onstat -g
Is this a trick question? Type onstat -g at the prompt and you will be presented with the options and descriptions of each. Of course there are so many options, pipe it to a page break, i.e. | pg or | more. Is that the answer you are a looking for? Or how about this? (I don't k…
Informix v Oracle
Hi Is there a function in Informix Dynamic Server 2000 that is like Oracles CREATE SEQUENCE that uses NEXTVAL/CURVAL and %ROWCOUNT, ect? Thanks for all contributions Jordan jbruce@asaglobalserv.com…
RE: Which instanses are configured?
If you wanted to see what instances are on-line you could run ipcs -mo | grep informix . This will provide you with the shared memory segments for any active servers. Pay particular attention to 0x???? these will identify the instance. 0x5256 + hex(servernum). HTH Scott > -…
Which instanses are configured?
Here's a script which could help. #!/bin/ksh # rudy 29/8/97. # This script attempts to locate INFORMIX instances running on a machine. # The plan is as follows # 1. Locate INFORMIXDIR by identifying the file oninit and working backwords # 2. Locate ONCONFIG files by grepping $IN…
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
Re: checkpoint problem
What package is this? Is it primarily OLTP Oriented? Doug McAllister wrote: > Hi guys.. > > I am having a checkpoint problem on one of my servers and I think I know > what is going on but I thought I would post a snippet of my log file and > my onconfig for comments. This ser…
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
RE: Changes in onconfig files
Off line, online .. onmode -ky oninit Some configuration variables (TAPEDEV) are dynamic. -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.iiug.org]On Behalf Of magic@bet.po.opole.pl Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:34 PM To…
Re: How to search for a string in a TEXT field
Hi, :-( SELECT name, REPLACE(text,"ZNOTREADY","found") AS your_output FROM tablewithtextfield; Blobs are not allowed in this expression. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2A…
Create user in Informix Dynamic Server
Hello all I`m new in INS. Could you help me? I have Database server with one user Informix. How to create another user to Database?…
Informix ODS on Win 2000?
Does Informix Dynamic Server V7.31.TC5 for Intel Pentium Windows NT 4 also run on Windows 2000? Thanks for any help. Guy Dillen ITP…
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…
GLS memory pool growing
I'm using 7.31 UC4 on HP-UX 10.20. I observed a constantly growing amount of shared memory on my IDS server When I look at the memory pools (onstat -g mem) I see that the GLS memory pool is constantly growing and consumes about 80 % of the whole shared memory. Did anybody else …
Protocol tlitcp
Is someone knows if the protocol tlitcp is support on AIX 4.3.3 with IDS 7.30.UC8? If yes, what is the syntax of then configuration of onconfig and sqlhosts? Thank you. -- Daniel Blanchet RONA mailto:daniel.blanchet@rona.ca http://www.rona.ca…
dynamic server with Informix distant database
We have this problem : - write of a html page (this pages will contain many many fields). - Receiving of the page data on a http server based on a M1 machine. - Using of 4gl/informix programs based on the M2 machine with the pages data - 4GL programs will set up a � result � tabl…
HELP! Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
I'm trying to install a new IDS on Linux (RedHat 6.1) on a cooked file. Everything looks right, but upon oninit, I receive the following: oninit: Cannot open chunk '/u1/naf_chunk'. errno = 2 oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization Log reflects: 09:11:07 Informi…
UDR Support in Informix Dynamic Server.
Can someone tell me what exact version of Informix Dynamic Server that first supported C User Defined Routines. I've tried searching for this on their website with no joy. (their advanced search doesnt work at all !) Rgds, Peter. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before y…
OFFICE Connect V.1
Informix Office Connect, Version 1.0, is compatible with the following Informix servers: Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.3 or later Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option, Version 9.14 Informix Dynamic Server 2000, Version 9.2 or later e Informix-SE 7.23 n�o func…
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…
IIF2000 on Linux: Initializing ASF ...FAILED
I am trying to initialize the IIF2000 on my RedHat Linux and I receive this error: oninit: Fatal error in initializing ASF with 'ASF_INIT_DATA' flags; asfcode = '25507'. Can you help me? I tried to run oninit with a lot of verbosity. Here is the output: Checking group members…
Compatability between Informix products
Hi, I need some version compatability information for the following products. Hardware Platform: Hewlett Packard OS Platform: HP-UX version 10.20 Informix s/w: Informix Universal Server 9.20 Informix Dynamic Server 7.31 Informix Gateway to DRDA vers…
Bringing up a new instance of Informix
I need some help. Platform HP UX 10.20 Informix version 9.20 UC1 Informix version 9.14 UC7 Informix version 7.31 UC4 I am configuring a new instance of informix 9.20 UC1. I am having problems if I add DBSERVERALIASES. I have the 9.14 and 7.31 configured and working properly. …
Re: Informix on SuSE Linux 6.2
In article <385FA8D4.5F3306F3@bloomberg.net>, kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > [Earlier discussion SNIPPED] > > No. The ONCONFIG file parameter NETTYPE configures the listeners and > replaces the OL5.xx parameter USERS to configure the number of concurrent > users that can attach …
Re: How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix?
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, S. Martins wrote: > How to Take advantage of a multi-processor system using informix? > Do I have to make some special configuration in the Informix Database Engine > to achieve the best performance from a dual processor system? > > Thanks, > NSM (Portugal) >…
Re: IDS7.3 failing to initialise - chunk sanity check failure
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:02:49 GMT, Kevin H. <> wrote: > I'm having a problem with installing IDS 7.30.UC7 on RedHat 6.1 (ie. > kernel 2.2.12-20). > > On completing the installation I tried to configure the database to > have a test database of 20MB size in /home/inf_data/data1 Wh…
informix dynamic server on linux help
Hi all, I am an informix newbie, and i have problems running it on redhat linux 6.0. The installation went just fine, but now when i start dbaccess and try to create a new database i get this error message: 25584: Network driver can not access server program /opt/informix/lib/sq…
Informix Dynamic Server on IBM SSA
Can any one share their experiences, recommendations, pit-falls, comments about creating an IDS db engineOLTP environment on an IBM SSA Raid system? We have 2 SSA adapters and have 4 loops with 4 drives each. The IBM techs for the Smoothstart services will be coming next Tuesday…
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Replication from HPUX to Window NT
I want to do the database replication from HPUX database to Window NT. Could anyone suggest the configuration in onconfig of both platfroms? (** don't need to synchrozise two databases; only need to pass the change from HPUX to NT) Daniel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ …
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
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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…
Configuration Informix server with reaseau TCP/IP /Configuration serveur Informix avec reaseau TCP/IP
I test to configure a Informix server enough with protocol TCP/IP but I do not manage to launch the engine whereas it functions in local mode. Configuration In onconfig: NETYPE ipcshm,3,2,CPU NETYPE soctct,3,3,NET In sqlhost : mickey_srv onipcshm mickey mickey_service mi…
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…
ONSOCTCP AND LINUX
In article <37BC796B.E323ADED@jps.net>, dja7 <dja7@jps.net> wrote: >I have IDS for linux 7.3 and I have installed it on redhat 2.0.36. I >have configured sqlhosts and the onconfig file. I have downloaded and >installed all the file descriptor patches. > >I cannot get the …
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
How do I increase user threads?
bahins wrote: > > How can I increase the no. of user threads in Informix RDS 7.3? Is that IDS 7.3? > Do I have to make a change in onconfig or stune or mtune? Increase the third field in the NETTYPE parameters: NETTYPE ipcshm,2,50,CPU NETTYPE tlitcp,2,100,NET This configur…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
TLITCP and JDBC
Hello, I just installed the Informix's JDBC driver, but have been unable to connect to the DB. I've tried the JDBC URL with port 1533. Is that the standard port? Anyway, here's the sqlhosts file: sac_online onipcshm libra sac sac_tcp ontlitcp lib…
Shared Memory Size vs Physical Memory Size
Glynnie wrote in message <7kb1o2$kru$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... >Can somebody please explain the pros and cons of increasing either the >initial virtual memory segment or adding a further segment via "onmode - >a" on a machine that is Informix Dynamic Server dedicated. The rule of thu…
Re: onmonitor with HP-UX 11.0 and IDS 7.31
It's a known problem...I'm not aware of a fix being made yet, however. > Is it just me or does onmonitor does not work with the above > configuration. I have had multiple problems, setting dbspaces to raw > devices, unable to get past Shared memory screen. In the end I edited th…
Problems starting IDS 7.30.TC7 on Windows NT SP4.
When i try to start informix dynamic Server, the following message appears "Only informix user can start informix dynamic server" this message appears when i logged on with the informix's user. When i try to start the service on the control panel , error 2140 appears.…
Out of buffer?
Hi, I got the following error message from an Informix IDS 7.30: <<Informix Dynamic Server>>> WARNING! Buffer pool size may cause Dynamic Server to get into a locked state. Recommended minimum buffer pool size is 4 times maximum concurrent user thre…
Re: onconfig parameters
> onstat -c shows you the contents of the ONCONFIG file, but then so does vi > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG. Perhaps I did not understand the question? Does onstat -c reflect changes made by onmode commands? I should try that and see...that, to me, would be the compelling reason …
Stored procedure pool in virtual memory
Does Informix 7.xx allocate memory dynamically to the stored procedure pool? How can I determine exactly how much memory the pool occupies? I know about PC_POOLSIZE and onstat -g prc, though not what all the output columns from latter represent. What does PC_HASHSIZE govern?…
Linux VS NT4.0
Hi, Is it true that Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30 is ported for Linux, and if it is so does anyone can tell me what to chose between Linux and NT4.0 for running Informix Dynamic Server workgroup edition 7.30. Also I'd like to know for which version of Linux, Inf…
Re: Connection pooling
I have the same problem. We have several CORBA objects which make database connections to Informix and the connections are supposed to last until the objects deactivate. All clients need to access data through these objects and the Virtual portion of shared memory grows. I am st…
Starting Informix Dynamic Server !
Hi Gurus, Just wondering is there any difference in starting the informix engine as root user versus as Informix user. ? The reason why I ask this question is , the IDS 7.23 UC6 on HP-UX 10.2 crashes due to a bug (declared as bug by Informix Technical support)when we start in…
Informix Dynamic Server Archive/Restore
Hello All: We have a large scale Informix DB resident on an HP 9000, K460, with AutoRaid Disk Subsystem (218gb). And we are running IDS 7.30. Currently, we are using the Informix ontape archive/restore utility to archive the DB and to perform continuous logical logging. We u…
Any one know this?
Hi folks: Is there a script that can check informix on-line dynamic server is up and running or not? If not it will e-mail a note to D.B.A. groups Thanks in advance Garry…
informix IDS on Linux and ODBC access from Client SDK
I have configured the NETTYPE onsoctcp,1,50,NET on the onconfig - file and the sqlhosts file to: oopen_odbc onsoctcp oopen sqlturbo the sqlturbo service is in the services - file. I do not get a connection to the database. The setnet -error on windows side is -908 (c…
Re: Connection Problem
>Watson, Paul wrote: >> >> Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is >> configured to a max of 50 > >And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do >not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do >have the def…
RE: Connection Problem
Watson, Paul wrote: > > Check your NETTYPE settings, first guess would be the connection is > configured to a max of 50 And if you do not have any NETTYPE entries in the ONCONFIG file or do not have any number of connections configured in the NETTYPEs you do have the default is …
BUFFERS
Hi all, I've been trying to figure-out online configuration, in the onconfig file. The optimization books say that you set the buffer size to 25% of your physical Memory size by pages or 256 mb of ram = 16000 buffers, we have set a machine with this amount of ram to 40,000 and t…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
OnBar/ADSM/IDS 7.3
I have just about finished configuring OnBar and ADSM. The Level 0 and Level 1 Backups run but report an error backing up the logical logs. The onbar -l call from the log_full.sh creates this error message. What has to be set in the onconfig file for tapedev to call the library d…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
onstat -c , no output
In article <76qr6o$nuh$1@news.xmission.com>, sadagop0458@att.com (Sadagopan, Sathish, CFCTR) wrote: > > Hi, > "onstat -c" shows only the first two lines of output. > informix online ver ..up 3 days... > configuration file ..... > The configuration parameters are not outputted.…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
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…
Server Crash
We're running Online 7.11 on HP UX 9.01 and my server just crashed with the following errors listed in the log: 10:37:06 dynamically allocated new shared memory segment (size 2097152) 10:37:16 Pool = 0xc084c010, Pool name = mt, Blkhdr = 0xc0fb5040 10:37:16 Block magic is -15…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:40:44 -0500, Ben Jazi <bjazi@fallschurch.esys.com> wrote: >What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server >7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? No, IDS 9.x is the ORDBMS. This autumn the 7.3 and 9.x code lin…
Re: OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2 Vs INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3
Ben Jazi wrote: > > What are the major differences between INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server > 7.2 and INFORMIX Dynamic Server 7.3? Is it ORDBMS vs RDMBS? > > Thanks, > Ben I don't know the differences in detail but you could check the following pages, where IDS 7.3 is described …
Re: Help on Onbar
> The best way to initialize ISM is to use the > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ism_startup -init command as user root. > This script will make the necessary links and the neccessary insert into > the bar_version table of your sysutils db and also will do a standard > configuration of the devi…
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: onstat -g ses
>Hi, >In the onstat -g ses output , what is the basis for allocation of 'total >memory' ? >There is also the figure 'used memory' , why not just allocate required >memory ? Well, we could do that but then that would 1) fragment memory and 2) create bottlenecks. Memory in shared…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server
It is confusing! =20 Here's what I know: Prior to renaming: 7.2x =3D ODS 8.0 =3D XPS 9.1 =3D IUS After renaming: 7.2x =3D IDS 8.0 =3D IDS/AD/XP 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO=20 After the 7.3 release: 7.3 =3D IDS 9.1 =3D IDS/UDO After the 8.2 release: 8.0 =3D…
RE: What are the differences between Informix Dynamic Server and
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Re: Informix on NT or UNIX
Haveing been exposed to both operating systems, and your curretn version of Informix, Unix is the preference. One will have to take a closer look at you 'onconfig' configuration to truly get an increase in performance. Configuration varies vastly between real time and batch mode…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai wrote: > > Hello, > > We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we > convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the > index search. For example, a table: > > table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records…
Re: Index for Informix Dynamic Server
William Lai <rwie@netvigator.com> offerred: +We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we +convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the +index search. For example, a table: + +table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000…
Index for Informix Dynamic Server
Hello, We alreay upgrade our database server from SE5.X to IDS 7.3. After we convert all the old data to the new server, we have some problems on the index search. For example, a table: table : ith ( ithitno, ithname ), total 1,500,000 records index : ith_1 on ithitno, ithn…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.3
Hello, Since I'm planning a Data Warehouse, I would to do it with the new version of Dynamic Server. Impressions, stability and on which platform? Regards. Fernando _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Fernando Collalti Phone: +…
Informix Dynamic Server & Text columns
Hi everybody, Can you help me ? I've created a table with the following structure : column type -------- ---- code smallint obs text How can I insert into this table with Java program ? I'm using Informix Java AP…
Intermittent Problem - error 529 Cannot attach to transaction
We have a HP-UX box (Ver 10.20) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.13 and a NT Server (NT4.0) running Informix Online Dynamic Server Ver 7.23. We are trying to access some of the database tables resided in the HP-UX box from the NT Server via synonyms. But we faced inte…
Re: JDBC
Ben wrote: >Has anyone gotten JDBC to work with servlets for informix? I have >gotten it to work directly from the UNIX prompt, but whenever I try to >connect more than once to a shared memory connection server, I get >errors about shared memory. When I try to connect to tli, …
Re: ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Cecilio wrote: > > Hi! > I'm working with: > - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 > - Informix ONLINE 7.14 > - 4GL RDS Application > - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more > than 100,000 rows. > - 16 simultaneous users. > > I think it would work we…
ONLINE SLOW on HP-9000!
Hi! I'm working with: - HP-9000 817, 64MB RAM, HP-UX 10.20 - Informix ONLINE 7.14 - 4GL RDS Application - My Database has 200 tables, but only 3 or 4 of them containing more than 100,000 rows. - 16 simultaneous users. I think it would work well, but the performance is LOW!!! I'…
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: shared memory (a classic)
This happened to me just the other day. After investigating onconfig and shared memory, I finally looked at my environment variables. Found that I had miss-set the INFORMIXSERVER variable. Was I embarrassed! I'll just call it two-key rollover. Maybe this is obvious, but coul…
Cursors and ODBC
Hi people, Recently, I've been getting the following errors after issuing some batches of statements via an ODBC connection: Error State: S1000 (0) Error: Intersolve [ODBC Informix Driver] No More Cursors Available. Two questions from this are: Is there some way of finding th…
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…
Re: HELP! IUS crashes during level 0 dump
In article <19980114025900.VAA02644@ladder02.news.aol.com>, SaTriGuy <satriguy@aol.com> writes > >A couple of other "onmode -f" commands that might come in useful. > >0x1 - run a check on all memory pools with each memory allocation -- This is >really slow. > >0x8 - check the g…
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…
Re: memory pools
bala peddi wrote: > Could Any one Please explain me the memory Pools section of > onstat -g ses 12378 > Is this the normal in informix > INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC2 -- On-Line -- Up 13 days 18:11:16 -- > 416472 Kbytes > session #RSAM …
memory pools
Could Any one Please explain me the memory Pools section of onstat -g ses 12378 Is this the normal in informix INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC2 -- On-Line -- Up 13 days 18:11:16 -- 416472 Kbytes session #RSAM total used id use…
memory pools of onstat -g ses
Could Any one Please explain me the memmory Polls section of onstat -g ses 12378 Is this the normal in informix INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC2 -- On-Line -- Up 13 days 18:11:16 -- 416472 Kbytes session #RSAM total used id us…
ODBC unix and dynamic SQL
Hi, Can someone give me some help on using informix odbc drivers (unix) with dynamic SQL on Informix-online dynamic server (7.22 unix) when I use "SQLprepare" I receive the message "too many or too few host variables given" but I think all is Ok R. Gueye…
WGS Logsize Question
Hi, I have small performance problem and I must read manual :-))) Product Informix WGS 7.22 on WinNT 4.0 Page 14.6 Informix OnLine Workgroup Server Administrator Guide LOGSIZE = ( users * maxrows ) * 512 What's maxrows? Maximum count of rows in the biggest table? Otherwise: …
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…
RPC error using Openlink ODBC to DSA 7.22
We are trying to configure Openlink (MT) ODBC on a Win'95 client talking to a HP-UX 10.20 Dynamic Server 7.22, We are getting "RPC: Program unavailable" errors when using the C++ Demo that comes with the evaluation copy. We can ping the server and have been advised to remove the…
Shared Virtual Memory Usage Question
We have a nice, simple two tier application, with a Powerbuilder based client connecting to a V7.13 engine. New connections start out using very little memory (virtual pool I think) as reported by "onstat -g ses". Then over time it increases, some getting as high at 20+ megab…
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
Re: Q: What instances have I?
In article <860693229.16150@dejanews.com>, science@raptor.cqi.com wrote: >How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's >machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want >to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what …
Q: What instances have I?
How does one find information about various instances that exist on one's machine? Specifically, say you go up to a new (to you) machine and want to answer the question, "What are my instances, and what are their configurations?" I'm having a little problem with this. For exam…
Re: Block magic 4114
You don't say which version of 7 you are on. We got messages like this with version 7.12, but when we upgraded to 7.13 they disappeared. Peter Wages wrote: > 4:36:32 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. > 14:37:56 Pool = 0xc2b1b010, Pool name = mt, Blkhdr = 0xc32c8…
Re: Block magic 4114
Peter Wages wrote: > 4:36:32 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. > 14:37:56 Pool = 0xc2b1b010, Pool name = mt, Blkhdr = 0xc32c85e0 > 14:37:56 Block magic is -4114 (BL_MAGIC_FREE), expecting 4 > 14:37:56 Memory block possibly freed twice > 14:37:56 mtshpool.c, lin…
Block magic 4114
One of our servers ( instances ) has suddenly started coming down quite often with the following message. 4:36:32 Checkpoint Completed: duration was 2 seconds. 14:37:56 Pool = 0xc2b1b010, Pool name = mt, Blkhdr = 0xc32c85e0 14:37:56 Block magic is -4114 (BL_MAGIC_FRE…
ONCONFIG
I see 2 onconfig files in my etc directory (sol 2.5.1 platform). one has .ifmx and the other .std which do I edit in order to change the system configuration? Specifically I want to configure informix for a multiprocessor machine (4 CPUs actually). many thanks, /pks -- [ Pat…
Re: Informix 7.13 "eating" memory
In article <32844747.22509345@www.weideneder.de>, Stefan Weideneder <stefan@www.weideneder.de> writes > >What I know is, that Informix has two different memory management >routines in the OnLine Server. The one which manages the virtual >portion ( 8KB blocks ) and another one for…
Re: Informix 7.13 "eating" memory
Uhps, I didn't see the loop inside your test program. Could you please place the "onstat -g ses ###" immediately after the "select instit.." statement, and print the different memory pools ? I think it's not neccessary to print all 10,000 reports, just the first 5 outputs. Stef…
Re: Shared Memory Not released
>Brian Li <cphdcbl@ted.cs.depaul.edu> wrote in article ><511nel$aft@shrike.depaul.edu>... >> >> Dear Informix experts, >> >> We are currently have Informix Dynamic Online running on our HP T500 >machine >> and recently have shared memory problem which is only known to be solved …
fet_buf_size
Hello, Can someone tell me what FET_BUF_SIZE actually is and what it does? Is this a kernel parameter or part of the onconfig file? It's not in my onconfig file and not part of a configurable kernel parameter, but I've been led to believe that it will impact performance. We'r…
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: mt.shmpool PANIC
Mickey Mestel (mickey.mestel@etak.com) wrote: : it helps to post a little background info, to even say that you don't : know what specifically was going on when this happened if this was the case. Version and platform could be very helpful, too. : : > -------------------------…
mt.shmpool PANIC
Dear all, does anybody have any experiences with something like below, please ? Thank You. Yours Rasto -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:40:40 Pool = 0x18fe020, Pool name = 1070, Blkhdr = 0x19c9d40 17:40:40 Block magic is 107…
Re: 'ralloc' in onstat -g output
Manoj Samel (manoj@green.baan.nl) wrote: : What does the component 'ralloc' indicates in onstat -g ses < session id > output ? : For what purpose is this memory used ? : This is Informix-Online 7.20 : Thanks for any help : Manoj : (manoj@baan.nl) It's the name of a memory poo…
Re: A basic Online question
: I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online : I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space : as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the : new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. : I have also modified the sqlhosts.. : Now the question: …
A basic Online question
I have a real basic question... I am trying to configure and start Informix-Online I have set up the environment variables.. Allocated Disk space as Unix files.. Prepared ONCONFIG andchanged it to match the new server name.. ROOTPATH etc.. I have also modified the sqlhosts.…
Re: INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
copy the standard onconfig file and make as few changes as possible to the different parameters. after you are sure you can bring informix online, should you begin to make changes to the onconfig parameters. Use ONMONITOR to make the changes. It will protect you from many mista…
INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server intallation
I'm about to install INFORMIX-Online Dynamic Server V.7.1 on a SPARC 1000. Has anyone installed this database on a sparc before? If yes...do you have any suggestions or could you give me any advice on certain aspects of the installation you felt might be important to take notice?…
Re: INFORMIX-ONLINE 6 HELP
>I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Admin Guide Vol 1 >to 'Configure a Learning Environment' but keep getting the message >'Shared Memory not initialised for INFORMIXSERVER 'learn_online'. >I'm running SCO Unix on a 32M machine. >Any ideas ? Check to see whether your…