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RE: Informix: external optimizer directives not working
Hi, just for your info, we fixed this issue: -. I had used the sql syntax text extracted from onstat -g ses output. It seems this command formats the text and the directive gets created with extra spaces, carriage returns, etc. and when the same SQL gests executed it does not m…
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 …
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…
Changing DBSPACETEMP run-time
Hi, IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.70.FC5XE Please, is there a way to change DBSPACETEMP for a session inside 4GL? ------------------------------ Sincerely, Dennis ------------------------------…
What prevents a RSS to roll forward as fast as its primary?
Art, Here are differences that make sense between the primary and RSS, 236,238c236 < NETTYPE onsoctcp,50,220,NET --- > NETTYPE onsoctcp,40,220,NET 243,245c241 < NUMFDSERVERS 8 --- > NUMFDSERVERS 4 2…
%Cached using onstat -p vs %Cached using onstat -g buf
I am on Informix 11.70, and I am grabbing metrics to record. One of them is the buffer write% for each server. When running onstat -p , it shows the %cached as 90.60 . However when actually calculating the %cached, it yields 80.20. The 80.20 value aligns with the value from onsta…
RE: How to get open cursors by session
Check out the s yssdblock table in sysmaster. The sdb_name column contains the cursor name which you should be able to relate back to the application: > select * from syssdblock; sdb_sessionid 71 sdb_sdbno 0 sdb_iscurrent Y sdb_name slctcur sdb_id…
How to get open cursors by session
Hi, I was investigating about how to get current opened (active) cursors in server. Preferably, getting a SQL query to sysmaster will be the best but also onstat command would work. Reason for this question is to make a quality assurance of a program and we're not sure this progr…
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…
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…
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.…
error initializing 11.70.FC9
IDS 11.70.FC9 HP-UX 11.31 PA-RISC I did a standard installation (as root) of 11.70.FC9 in a separate directory on our test server. In the past, I have always set up a quick test instance anytime I install a new version, load the stores7 database, and run a few SQL statements to …
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…
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…
SQL statement equivalent TO onstat -g ssc
Patrick: I don't think that the statement cache is exposed in sysmaster. The only reference to it in sysmaster that I know of is the efficiency profile record in syssqlcacheprof: select * from syssqlcahceprof where name = 'Statement Cache'; But that's just over all hits, misses…
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…
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)…
Performance issue after migrate to IDS from Online
Questions: 1. After the database was recreated and loaded did you run the recommended suite of Update Statistics commands as described in the Performance Guide manual (or as implemented by my dostats utility) or are you depending on Auto Update Statistics (AUS)? 2. So, you m…
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…
COMMIT WORK, LRU's and Checkpoints.
I wonder if someone could explain what happens when a commit work occurs in terms of the buffer cache? The SQL Manual for COMMIT WORK has the following sentence: "The database server takes the required steps to make sure that all modifications that the transaction makes are comp…
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…
shared memory full
If one of your sessions allocated too much locks you may have seen a lock table growth. This will consume memory (sometimes a lot) but will leave evidences in online.log Your session may have got a lot of prepared statements that were not freed. Most times bad Java coding is the…
Checkpoint causes Db to "freeze"
Jack Is this an issue that has just started occuring or have you always had longish checkpoints. How are your disks connected, what sort of cache do they have ? A few weeks ago my checkpoints went from 0-1 seconds to 30-50 with no change in work-load. Investigation showed the ca…
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.…
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…
Execution Plan
What host language are you using that uses $<num> as a host var that is not replaced until OPEN time? - "Java" Why not just run the thing with SET EXPLAIN enabled or the EXPLAIN optimizer directive in it (with or without the AVOID_EXECUTE option) and look at the actual query pl…
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…
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…
memory used by a session
it would be nice to see what these two users are currently doing: onstat -g ses {session id} onstat -g ses 17499439 Also to see how many current statements this application is using along with how much memory each SQL statement is taking: onstat -g stm {session id} onstat -g…
Config Help
Your biggest performance problem is that you are running your server on a VM. IO performance under VMWare is VERY VERY POOR and, as I've said several times already this month, databases live and die on IO performance. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.co…
What are best onconfig parameters for a DSS app
Frank.... first question: Is your database installation being made for a production system???? Alexandre Marini IBM Informix Certified Professional v10 / v11.50 / v11.70 IBM Information Management Informix Technical Professional IBM Infosphere DataStage Technical Professional …
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
JP: The original poster is not using any stored procedures. This is independent SQL statements. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions a…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
Hi Marco, Thank you for your answer. My big problem is not able to reproduce this behave. I try sometimes and every time just works... On the last 12 months , we already suffer with this problem at least 6 times. The last time was one week ago. I have pretty sure at least 3 t…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
On 02/05/12 14:37, Cesar Inacio Martins wrote: > Hi, > > 11.50 FC9X6 , AIX 6.1 > > We suffer with one situation at our production where just not found a > acceptable way to work yet... > I already open a PMR (for me this is a defect) but for IBM support is just > "work as design"…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with
Hi Art, > The statement cache, when I open the first PMR it was disabled because > of other problem with it (STMT_CACHE = 1 ), we enable it (STMT_CACHE =2 > ) when we update to FC9 or FC9X6 (I don't remember with sure what of both). > Honestly I don't remember if I try flush the…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
Hi Art. The database always have the AUTO_REPREPARE active. onstat -c |grep ^AUTO_RE AUTO_REPREPARE 1 But we don't try force it thru user environment AUTO_REPREPARE=1 ... should ? No Stored procedures are used at this situation, any way we was tried update statistics for proced…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with
Prior to 11.50 you could only handle this in your code by adding a test in your applications after the execution of a prepared statement or the opening of a cursor against a prepared statement so that if the operation returns SQLCODE == -710 then reprepare the statement and reexe…
Re: Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
Prior to 11.50 you could only handle this in your code by adding a test in your applications after the execution of a prepared statement or the opening of a cursor against a prepared statement so that if the operation returns SQLCODE == -710 then reprepare the statement and reexe…
Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
Hi Fernando, We expected few of -710 erros because we don't handle it at our applications. When an user get this error, the application show a message and close automatically forcing the user open a new session, when the user try run the application again the problem persists...…
Someone have a technique to alter tables with FK ?
Hi, 11.50 FC9X6 , AIX 6.1 We suffer with one situation at our production where just not found a acceptable way to work yet... I already open a PMR (for me this is a defect) but for IBM support is just "work as design" .... so, no solution... Just a correction / better documenta…
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... …
Re: error -285 Invalid cursor received by sqlexec.
I just opened a defect regarding this issue. The issue is related to the STMT_CACHE set globally (2) and same SQL statement used in a scroll cursor and a regular cursor. So, until the defect is fixed, do not use STMT_CACHE. You might have started seen this defect since STMT_CA…
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…
Cannot kill session (onmode -z doesn't work)
We are now running into the same problem again. I tried the "onstat -g stm SID", but it comes back with nothing. mtnx87.mtn.co.za:/ # onstat -g stm 24416 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.FC8XF -- On-Line -- Up 3 days 12:36:09 -- 157286176 Kbytes session 24416 --------…
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…
sqltrace x prepare statements (4GL)
Hi, IFX 11.50 FC8 AIX 6.1 + 4GL 7.32 (with CSDK 3.50 FC8) I have a 4GL program, executing a simple foreach over a table with 1.5mi records code 1) If this foreach running as dummy, without any code inside , take 1 minute to run: declare xyz cursor select ...from xyz foreach x…
Connections to Database slow - for both shared mem
REPLY 1 - ONCONFIG FILE: cat onconfig.prod #************************************************************************** # # Licensed Material - Property Of IBM # # "Restricted Materials of IBM" # # IBM Informix Dynamic Server # (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2006 All rights …
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.…
Question about STMT_CACHE
More likely it is because the data and index pages you query needs are not yet in cache after a restart. Art On Feb 24, 2011 4:08 PM, "SUSAN JONES" <sjones@clerk.org> wrote: > AIX 5.3 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC8 > > Hello, > We have a situation where a query th…
Physical Log Size
How did you "increase" the size? You can only do that song onparams. You cannot do that just by changing the Onconfig file Art On Jan 25, 2011 12:10 PM, "KENT GRUNDEN" <k.grunden@hoogwegtus.com> wrote: > IDS 11.50.FC4WE Windows Server 2008 64bit > > I keep getting the message wh…
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…
SQLException on memory allocation
This generally means the application is not closing the cursor or prepare statement. If the is a java program, please make sure the garbage collector is not responsible for free the cursors/statements. You can automatically force a free on a close, by setting the application env…
Art's Fear the Panther....
You probably noticed that Art Kagel posted a new entry in his blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/2010/10/fear-panther.html At the end he mentions that IIUG is preparing the vNext survey (!). The world never stops! He wrote: "The IIUG will soon be posting its new Featur…
How to verify SQL statements execution date/time
I don't think that the information exists in the database itself. Perhaps if you have SQLTRACE set and have the contents of the trace cache being saved to a table or file you could get that information that way. Another option is Exact Solutions' iWatch product which captures SQ…
How to retrieve/check previously executed SQL ?
Ummmm... Upgrade to version 11.5 and turn on the SQL statement cache? I don't think it was available back under 9.4 Jarrod -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of JACK PAPA Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 4:23 p.m. To:…
Config
Just glancing, but your BTR looks a little high. Some config suggestions below. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on …
Can't access sysindexes remotely
Hi, We are using IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6 using Platform: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 Thanks…
Re: Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment repeatdly
hmm long shot.. you could look at onstat -g ses and see who eats memory; then you could do a onstat -g ses <sid> in the past a huge ralloc was most of the time caused by not closeing/ freeing cursors/statements. if i recall correctly you can do a onstat -g stm <sid> which displa…
frozen sessions
Thanks Jacques. This is the first time we've seen something like this, and it was only affecting sessions that used this procedure. The rest of the sessions (again procedure driven) were working without a problem. I ended up restarting the engine to correct the problem. -----Ori…
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…
To IBM - DeveloperWorks - Articles
Hi, This message is to IBM . In the DeveloperWorks have a lot of nice Informix Articles , but most of them very very olds (2001-2006) what they treat only old IDS versions without consider news resources and updates.... Is time to review and update all this articles , isn't ??…
Statement Cache & Web Logic
Hello A developer is asking about Web Logic and their documentation and how that relates to informix and the database statement caching. here is what we have set: # Turn the sql caching on onmode -W STMT_CACHE_NOLIMIT 1 onmode -W STMT_CACHE_HITS 15 onmode -e on we have not had …
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 …
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…
Seeing one oninit working hard while others are no
No the parameter is SQLTRACE which appears to be off, at least the config line you posted is commented out: #SQLTRACE level=low,ntraces=1000,size=2,mode=global Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that…
how to check what table is being accessed
Hi, onstat -g ses 0 (the argument 0 requires IDS version 9 or higher) will show all connected sessions with a lot of information, including user name, database name, active SQL/last parsed SQL and others. With onstat -g stm 0 you might see more SQL statements (SQL session cache…
Java prepared statement
Hi, there are two cases Case-1 & Case-2; Case-1: inserts/updates are prepared statements Case-2: inserts/updates are queries without parameter marker Now if STMT_CACHE is enabled then in what case memory usage will be high for a sessions. regards, Kamran…
onstat -g his ( Log Space for Select)
On 28 Aug, 15:22, "zaiets.ko...@gmail.com" <zaiets.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > IDS 11.50FC5 > In onstat -g his output for SELECT Stmt Type Log Space not 0. > Statement text: > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM work_alloc > > SELECT using table [ work_alloc ] > > Iterator/Explain >…
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…
Alter statistics to trick the optimizer?
IDS 10.00.fc8 OS AIX 5.x Situation: Statistics updated low every night. Table is empty at time statistics are run every night. I have no control over SQL or schedule of the application tasks. Mass load occurs on table at time of end users choice. Automated task begins on interv…
Open SQL Statements
Take a look at onstat -g stm {optional session id} This will show you each prepared statement and how much memory it consu= mes. John F. Miller III STSM, Support Architect miller3@us.ibm.com 503-578-5645 IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) |------------> | From: | |------------>…
Cache some specific tables of any database
Sorry about no specs. Our version is 11.50.FC4 running on a Linux_64 machine. Thanks in advance for your helps, mr. Kagel !!! Alexandre Marini Analista de Tecnologia da Informação - DBA msn: alexandre_marini@hotmail.com SEFAZ-MS / UIMP / Sistemas: Fronteiras e SIG-DW Art Ka…
Auto monitoring and logging of locks
Below are some details of a lock. There a session found acquiring 69190 locks. Can we found what locks its holding like information about breakdown that how many locks are on table1, table2 etc? Is there a way to log the statements possesing locks on a certain object(row or table…
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 …
Monitoring SQL Statement Cache
I need to define a set of monitors to monitor key DB metrics. I can see that using the SMI tables, I can get a lot of what I want. However, I can't seem to find any way of monitoring the efficiency of the SQL Statement Cache. Something like a cache hit ratio (in %) would be use…
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…
Re: SQL STATEMENT CACHE Informix
On 13 Mar, 16:22, chav...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > Recently we enabled SQL STATEMENT CACHE in Informix 10.FC8, I > have been monitoring the chache since then, one thing I observed is > the statements are being removed from the cache well before (50-70MB) > the configur…
SQL STATEMENT CACHE Informix
Hello, Recently we enabled SQL STATEMENT CACHE in Informix 10.FC8, I have been monitoring the chache since then, one thing I observed is the statements are being removed from the cache well before (50-70MB) the configured max 100MB cache size limit, because the server can…
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…
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…
resetting onmode -W STMT_CACHE_HITS
Hello everyone! The fine manual states that with onmode -W or the ADMIN/TASK function "You can only increase or reset the value of STMT_CACHE_HITS". How exactly would you reset it (assuming to ONCONFIG value, maybe)?? As always your help is greatly appreciated! Sam…
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.…
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…
help ! How can capture the SQL?
Shan, try running this: select tabname, seqscans, npused, seqscans*npused from sysptprof, syspthdr where sysptprof.partnum = syspthdr.partnum and ( seqscans * npused ) > 10000 Obviously the 10000 can be any value you like. It will tell you the names of the tables at least. You…
Virtual segment usage - now I'm confused.....
On Nov 1, 11:11 am, Fernando Nunes <s...@domus.online.pt> wrote: > i...@perrior.net wrote: > > On 1 Nov, 13:32, "Art S. Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 1, 8:50 am, i...@perrior.net wrote: > > >>> OK we managed to catch the process that blew up our Virtual portion.…
"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…
Re: STMT_CACHE
Good afternoon. Personally I would use STMT_CACHE. I would also mention though that there is a small chance of corruption until 10.00.FC6 and above. As to how to set them up, here is the suggested starting points I always suggest in my performance tuning presentations: - STMT_…
STMT_CACHE
Version: 10 FC 4 I was reading about STMT_CACHE to see if this could be used to increase the performance of repeated queries. But I see lot of people have filed bugs about it. It appears engine crashes if you try to use it. So my question is: 1. Do you advise using STMT_CACHE 2.…
4gl/esql syntax
On Aug 8, 1:35 pm, "sergio kapul" <ska...@comcast.net> wrote: > looking for correct syntax to create directives inside > queries to overwrite optimizer query execution plan, > to be used in 4gl/esql, I got something that works in straight sql, but it's > ignored when I put it ins…
Re: Strange behaviour of the buffer pool
Looking at a larger instance on the same versions I can see the "resident" pool being 354MB while the "res-buff" being the same the BUFFERS setting: onstat -g mem|grep " R " res-buff R c00000001669d040 1280004096 2848 2 2 resident R c000000000491040 …
Using STMT_CACHE
Hello, somebody can comment to me on the advantages to use the environment variable STMT_CACHE. Solaris 10 + Informix 10.00FC5W5 + HDR (OLTP) Thank you very much _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com…
Uso de STMT_CACHE
Hola, alguien me puede orientar sobre las ventajas que tendria si seteo la variable de ambiente STMT_CACHE a algun valor. Actualmente no tengo configurdo dicha variable. Mi plataforma es: Solaris 10 + Informix 10.00FC5W5 + HDR (OLTP) Muchas gracias ____________________________…
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: 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…
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: Bizarre sysmaster/IDS 10 problem
Martin Fuerderer wrote: > you can try to run variations of commands "onstat -g ..." commands, > like options "ses [session id]", "mem ...", "afr ...", "ffr ..." and "ufr > ...". > Also see the usage of the onstat utility. The memory usage doesn't show up as associated with any p…
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…
SELECT statement in FROM Clause
OK, I didn't want to get into my whole philosophy of how one properly switches from one programming language to another. I'll try a brief one here, but I continue hold that SQL is not a 'programmer's language' it is a 'user's language'. Perhaps that's better, as you are correct i…
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…
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…
Statement Cache
IDS 9.40.FC8 Solaris 9 When I do onstat -g ssc I get lines as follows lru hash ref_cnt hits flag heap_ptr database user -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 152 11 6549 DF 3c3d7e438......... 38 254 571 730…
Easy INFORMIX questions
Stored procs can have a precompiled "plan", it gets precompiled when the "UPDATE STATISTICS FOR PROCEDURE" statement is executed. The update stats command needs to be executed when the stored proc changes, if the indexing on the tables that the procedure uses change or the data t…
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?…
Upgrading to IDS 9.40.HC7
Hi, we are running IDS 9.40.FC7W3 on HP-UX (64bit, FC7W3 is an interim service release on the way to FC8) and are very happy with it. If you are using the global statement cache (STMT_CACHE 1) you should do extensive testing. Without global statement cache I would expect no prob…
onstat -g sql
Jonathan Actually the manual has both documented. Please explain how these work. I have tried the SECURESTATG and as indicated by the manual this should allow users that have DBA to run onstat. However this is not the case. I have tried with both set and SECURESTATG has no effec…
Re: memory release with fetchall_arrayref
i miss > my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); > $sth->execute ; $sth->free sorry wild guess am not into this code; however if you prepare a stmt you should free it somewhere.. in informix check onstat -g ses <sid> if ralloc is big then it's likely that you forget to fre…
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!…
Re: IDS Feature Request List (including potential new requests).
Talk to Art Kagel. He already does this kind of stuff with dynamic names for prepared SQL statements a feature Oracle does not have! http://www.thetechtwo.com/detail-11064865.html "Sure, Pro*C does not support dynamic creation of prepared statement names and cursor names in hos…
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 …
Re: Upgrading from 9.21 to 10 planning
SQL Statement Cache. "bozon" <curtis@crowson1.com> wrote in message news:1134659196.580944.90680@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > SSC? Is that Shared Statement Cache? >…
Re: Really Frustrating -9628 Errors
Sounds like a bug i've seen before but 'should' have been fixed??? ... update stats will work but it only for xx hours and someother may fail. phone TS and have them look in their bugdb. wa afaicr is cranking up spl cache params PC_POOLSIZE, DS_POOLSIZE, DD_HASHSIZE,DD_HASHMAX…
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.…
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/…
Re: informix - tool like SQL server profiler
Mitja wrote: > Art S. Kagel wrote: > >> Mitja wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> Does anybody know is there any tool for informix like Microsoft SQL >>> profiler? >>> >>> I would like to catch currently running sql statements. >> >> >> >> Version and platform would be nice. IDS 9.40 a…
Re: informix - tool like SQL server profiler
Check the manuals, but basically onstat -- (double minus) will list all possible commands. onstat -r 'n' is repeat command every 'n' seconds so onstat -r 5 -g sql will list the sql for all processes every 5 seconds Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those…
informix - tool like SQL server profiler
Art S. Kagel wrote: > Mitja wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> Does anybody know is there any tool for informix like Microsoft SQL >> profiler? >> >> I would like to catch currently running sql statements. > > > Version and platform would be nice. IDS 9.40 and 10.00 have that > feature, f…
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 …
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…
Some questions about views
Background: Michelle made this change to the webtodev database yesterday: Alter table to_recipient add ( fr_fee_reduction MONEY(16,2) default 0 not null before source_flag, fr_explanation VARCHAR(255) before source_flag, fr_operator_id VARCHAR(30) before source_flag); After she …
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: SPL using cursor not closed or freed.
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [SMTP:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Roy Mercer > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:10 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: SPL using cursor not closed or freed. > > See the output from onstat -g s…
RE: SPL using cursor not closed or freed.
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [SMTP:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Roy Mercer > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:10 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: SPL using cursor not closed or freed. > > See the output from onstat -g s…
SPL using cursor not closed or freed.
See the output from onstat -g stm <sesid> below. We have recently upgraded from 7.30 to 9.40.FC5 and using the onstat -g stm command can see all of the users keep adding to the onstat -g stm. The app was developed using PowerBuilder and uses stored procedures. Why don't the…
SPL using cursor not closed or freed.
See the output from onstat -g stm <sesid> below. We have recently upgraded from 7.30 to 9.40.FC5 and using the onstat -g stm command can see all of the users keep adding to the onstat -g stm. The app was developed using PowerBuilder and uses stored procedures. Why don't the…
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: Session's memory
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On > Behalf Of rotor > Subject: RE: Session's memory > > > Hi, rotor (Leonid ?) > Yes, I am. :-) [AS] Nice to see You.. > > > onstat -g afr SESSION_ID > Don't understand what I…
RE: Session's memory
> Hi, rotor (Leonid ?) Yes, I am. :-) > onstat -g afr SESSION_ID Don't understand what I can see here. > There is a chance that that the memory leak is caused by > the server bug... Not sure. This is IDS 7.31.TD6 - from my expirience stable enough. > the application doesn't de…
Re: Running Informix on 2 different Servers in parrallel
wcottishpoet wrote: > Neil, > > other than the holiday, how about all the following which are available > in 9.40 .... > > > Improved Performance 8-15%better in internal benchmarks;Fuzzy > Checkpoints;Shared Statement Cache;New Buffer Management System;B-Tree > Scanner;Improved R…
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'?…
Re: is it possible to use wait hint with cursor select?
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:24:48 +1000, "Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote: >sumGirl wrote: >> Is it possible to use a wait hint in a select done via cursor? Please >> no "dont use cursors" posts, I didnt write the code and I am just >> trying to help a developer. I am not a progr…
IDS V7.30 and Windows 2000
Can Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.TC6 be run on a Windows 2000 host system? TIA Erwin…
Re: HPL and PDQ
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HPL and PDQ
IDS 9.40FC3W2 on HP-UX11.11 I'm running an onpload (HPL) run job which is loading 35m rows to a table then enabling the indexes. The index "enable", which I understand to be an ordinary build in a different jacket, is taking much longer than I'd expect. I can see from the marve…
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…
OLEDB connection job is using a TON of page space
Sound like your oledb program does not close cursors/and or free statements... if you have 9.30 or bigger then find the session and run onstat -g stm <sessionid> this will most likely dump out tonnnnsss of statements... if you have a version < 9.30 then run onstat -g ses <sid> …
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…
Informix tool related question
Rob, if your database is IDS 9.40, you can dynamically turn on sqlexplain with onmode -Y, followed by a onstat -g stm <sessid>. I have not done it, i'm not on 9.4 yet, but i hear that's a feature. by doing that, you wouldn't need the source code recompiled to run with "set explai…
Re: query performance tools
"Richard Kofler" <richard.kofler@chello.at> wrote in message news:40C211D6.35DCC9D7@chello.at... > Give onstat -g stm a try! Huh?…
RE: database market share 2003
> From: Data Goob [mailto:datagoob@hotmail.com] > > In the real world Informix is already dead. > In the real world, DB2 is still in it's childhood. Some facts about DB2: 1. DB2 doesn't support table fragmentation within a single node (unlike XPS, which is able to fragment tab…
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.…
RE: JDBC and cursors
> -----Original Message----- > From: rkusenet [SMTP:rkusenet@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:05 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: JDBC and cursors > > > I am debugging memory leak. > > IDS 9.21.UC4 > Solaris 2.6 > > Can anyone explain what happens interna…
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,…
Shared memory and SELECT-Performance
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:07:19 -0500, Markus Bschorer wrote: Increase the size of the buffer cache (BUFFERS onconfig file parameter) so that more data is kept resident. The fact that after a few minutes the data need to be reloaded is a clear indicator that the cache is too small…
RE: 9.40 vs 9.21 performance
"Eric Rowell" <erowell@knology.net> wrote in message news:c1i8nc$495$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Are you running Solaris? HP-UX 11.11 > What is your ONCONFIG settings? Well, I attach it below, but the file is identical between 9.21 and 9.40. > What was memory usage at th…
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…
SMI and onstat -g stm
Hi All, We are using IDS 9.30.FC2 on HP-UX. Can anyone point me how to get the same result as onstat -g stm using SMI ? Thanks Jia-Chiy…
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: Is gradually increasing memory in long running session normal?
Fernando Ortiz wrote: > Hi Roland: > > In our programs we also FREE the cursor > > let query = "select ..." > prepare query_prep from query > declare query_curs cursor for query_prep > ... open query_curs or foreach query_curs > ... > ... free query_curs > free query_prep…
Re: Is gradually increasing memory in long running session normal?
"Roland Wintgen" <rw@evg.de> wrote in message news:3F586828.2010002@evg.de... > Hi Fernando, > > I changed our programs to prepare lots of heavily used statements > instead of redeclaring the cursors. > > At least in one case it took me several months to identify one prepared > s…
Re: Is gradually increasing memory in long running session normal?
Hi Roland: In our programs we also FREE the cursor let query = "select ..." prepare query_prep from query declare query_curs cursor for query_prep ... open query_curs or foreach query_curs ... ... free query_curs free query_prep I use 4GL RDS 7.30UC7, IDS 9.30UC2, On Re…
Re: Is gradually increasing memory in long running session normal?
Hi Dave: Several months ago one of ours 4GL programs made a lot of DECLARE CURSOR/PREPARE without FREEing them, and yes the memory usage was increasing. In my case I use onstat -g stm to locate the statements prepared, fgrep the source to locate the offending code and adding th…
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…
Statement Cache in IDS 9.4
Hi, Apparently SQL statements are not cached by SSC(Shared Statement Cached) if the �like' keyword is used. I can change the query to use the equal sign instead of �like' and the statement would be cached (but of course defeats the purpose). The actual query we use is more e…
Time delay on ipcshm connection versus tlitcp
Tracy, Were these two tests run one after the other? Did we shutdown and bring up the instance? Were the tests run more than once giving the same results? I have seen many a test run where the second test through shows great improvment. The reson is obivous once you think about…
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…
Retrieving product name
Hi all, Is their a system table somewhere on an informix server that stores the product name. For example 'Select owner from systables where tabname = � VERSION� will return the version of the server. I would like to be able to tell if a server is a Universal server or a Dynamic …
IDS 7.3x on Win2000?
Does Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.3x runs on Windows 2000 (Professional)? Thanks for your help. Guy Dillen…
DNS Question
I am an Informix DBA running Informix 7.3 UC7 on an IBM AIX 4.1.3 rs/6000 box. Recently, we had a network problem where one of the two DNS servers in our Unix server's table became unavailable. The Informix application began to slow down and eventually new users were unable to ge…
pooled connections and prepared statements
Informix's IDS2000 does support Statement Caching (see the ONCONFIG parameters STMT_CACHE & STMT_CACHE_SIZE). The default is "no caching). However, preparing and reusing statements (which is on a by-connection basis) does provide better results, depending on how often prepared…
Some IDS 9.2/4GL 7.3 strangeness
Recently updated to engine 9.20 and 4gl 7.30 and had a few suprises: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Had this one today for the bug catalogue if it is not already in there. The insert action…
Re: How to search for a string in a TEXT field
Hi, :-( SELECT name, REPLACE(text,"ZNOTREADY","found") AS your_output FROM tablewithtextfield; Blobs are not allowed in this expression. I use Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC2A…
Re: 2 Instances, 1 machine VS 1 Instance 2 databases
Keith L Morris wrote: > > Greetings, > > The current job I find myself in was setup with 2 INFORMIX instances > each with one database. (On the same machine.) > > We have applicattions that link to both concurrently and do work. > > I would THINK that ONE instance with TWO datab…
Re: 2 Instances, 1 machine VS 1 Instance 2 databases
From: Keith L Morris <keith.l.morris@wcom.com> > >The current job I find myself in was setup with 2 INFORMIX instances >each with one database. (On the same machine.) > >We have applicattions that link to both concurrently and do work. > >I would THINK that ONE instance with TWO…
2 Instances, 1 machine VS 1 Instance 2 databases
Greetings, The current job I find myself in was setup with 2 INFORMIX instances each with one database. (On the same machine.) We have applicattions that link to both concurrently and do work. I would THINK that ONE instance with TWO databases (giving the one instance all the…
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…
Number of LRUs, Cleaners & Buffers
i'd say the pct numbers look good. i dont think there is any reason to use affinity unless you are auditing and can only charge by the cpu. remember to change only one thing at a time, and to have a goal for your tuning. if 2 sec checkpoint time is acceptable to users, then forgo…
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…
prepares in 9.2
cstefanick@koz.com wrote: > I recently went from 7.22 to 9.2 (big change, I know). In 9.2 > statement cache is used so that similar query plans are shared. Does > this mean that preparing statements is no longer needed in 9.2? > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Befor…
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 …
stored procedure vs. prepared statement
Kevin Macclay wrote:We're running INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.12.UC1. 1) Please do not post HTML/MIME to this list/newsgroup, many readers use the mail gateway and do not use HTML or MIME enabled mail readers. 2) I STRONGLY suggest upgrading your server to AT LEAST 7.31 or even as…
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…
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…
Logical log usage and long transactions
Firstly, thanks to all who answered the mail "write cache hits slipping". Read caches are sitting nicely in th 99.4% mark. Write caches are still slipping, but I realise that I wasn't aggressive enough with my LRU settings, so that's something to look forward to at next reboot. …
Please help me!
Hello! 1, Can somebody give me information, what is the new features for Version 7.24 of Informix Dynamic Server according to Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server? 2, Are Version 7.20 of Informix Dynamic Server and 7.20 INFORMIX-ESQL/C 2000 Year Compatible? 3, W…
Re: installing Informix dynamic server
From: "Joerg_Mauz@abs.org" <Joerg_Mauz@abs.org> > Is there something wrong the the gateway, Hotmail or are there just loads of idiots posting today. (Apart from me, that is! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hot…
installing Informix dynamic server
hi all, can anybody give me an URL where to find a good description of how to setup and install an Informix Dynamic Server with using RedHat Linux ??? I've searched a whole day but founf nothing useful.. :( thx ind advance joerg…
Help! Cant start database service
Hello All I had my informix dynamic server (7.3) running fine till a few days back. Now the dynamic server service and the informix messenger service won't start automatically and if I try to start the server, it does start but I'm unable to connect to it. If I try to start the…
Informix Online Dynamic Server DBA Book
Hello Could anyone recommend a good Informix Online Dynamic Server book. I did a search in Amazon.com but I could not decide on which one to choose. Thanks in advance. Ajay…
pricing for informix info?
Hello, Was wondering what other people out there paid for informix dynamic server 7.3... Basically, i wanted to know if they had a web server licensing schem like microsoft. or ibm's db2 (per cpu license). and would the licenses be transferable if I decided to move from le…
Re: Determining version dynamically
Hi, If you have Informix Dynamic Server then use the following sql-statement ' select DBINFO('version', 'full') from systables where tabid = 1' result from the sql is : Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC5 Take a look in Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for more about DBINFO…
KAIO: out of OS resources error
Hi~ My informix dynamic server write "KAIO: out of OS resources error .." in online.log. This error log is written during ontape task. How can I solve this problem? platfom : SunOs 5.5.1 Informix Dynamic Server 7.24 uc6 Thanks.…
64bit IDS for Solaris 7/SPARC ?
Is there a 64bit Informix Dynamic Server 7.3x for Solaris 7/SPARC available? tia, joerg…
Posting from the Informix-list
what is the last version of Informix Dynamic Server for HP-UX 10.20, where can i find more Information about this.…
Latest versions for various Informix products ???
Which are the latest versions for Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition Informix 4GL Informix SQL on Solaris 7/SPARC ? Where can I find such informations on Informix's website ? tia, joerg…
cdr command line utility in informix 7.24
Hi, Is there a cdr command line utility in informix dynamic server 7.24? I tried to locate it, but the executable is nowhere to find. Thanks, Lu…
Problem Installing Informix Dynamic Server
I downloaded a Try&Buy version of Informix Dynamic Server V7.30 for NT. I installed it on an NT Server. The install seemed to go ok, but after a short time of investigating IECC, I got a blue screen. After this when I started the Command Center, a task seemed to start, but it w…
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…
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: NOT IN TRANSACTION
> If you are the DBA (ie you can su informix), then from the command prompt, > type: > > ontape -s -<LogLevelSwitch> <yourdatabasename> > > where LogLevelSwitch can be U (for unbuffered logging), B > (for buffered logging) or A (for ANSI style logging). With > U all transactions …
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…
converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c?
Hi converting Informix Online 5.1 esql/c to Dynamic Server esql/c? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a parser that could do this? edward…
RAID Technolgy
We are using Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2. We are going in for a new DEC UNIX Server with RAID Technolgy. It incorporates mirroring at the hardware level. So is it not necessary to do mirroring using Informix?. Can anybody give suggestions regarding mirroring and other feat…
Informix on Linux
Does anybody know how much a copy of Informix Dynamic Server would run me for use on Linux?? Thanks in advance -steve…
Upgrade Dynamic Server 7.13 - 7.24
I need to upgrade Informix Dynamic Server version 7.13 to version 7.24. Can anyone advise of any problems they may have had whilst doing this?…
Informix Dynamic Server 7.31?
Is any information available regarding the release of IDS 7.31 for Unix? We have Sun E3000 and E4000 machines and are experiencing problems with both 7.30.UC3 and 7.30.UC5 and are curious about 7.31. Thanks. Carleen Avant Naval Safety Center Internet < cavant@safecen.navy.mil …
STRING FUNCTIONS
Are there functions for manipulating varchar type, like upper() or lower() in Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2? Thanks in advance.…
Netscape Enterprise Connection for Informix Dynamic Server
Hi: Does anyone know the procedure for setting up a Netscape Enterprise Server to connect to an Informix Dynamic server on a remote machine? Michael…
oninit: shared library problem
I'm having problems when initialising the DB using oninit. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR…
Initi DB
I'm having problems when initialising the DB. Config: INFORMIX Dynamic Server Ver 7.23, on a UNISYS-UNIX SVR4. When Initializing, I get the error ...dynamic linker: oninit: symbol not found: gettimeofday The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $INFORMIXDIR/bin and �INFORMIXDIR/esql help wo…
Index on Informix Online 7.22 ?
I have installed a new Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.22UC3 on our server (HP-UX 10.20). I find it is much much slower than the Informix 7.12 Online DS server if I do not create index for a same program. Why and what is the difference between the two version of Dynamic serv…
Re: esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
Tim Jones wrote: > > I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 > servers. Let's call them Server A and B. > > Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. > > After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" > and got this : > I…
esqlvers statement.....results are different on 2 DB servers ???
I've installed Informix 7.30UC3 with the ClientSDK 2.01 software on 2 servers. Let's call them Server A and B. Both A and B had a prior ESQL/C versions. After the install, logged in as informix userid on A and ran "esqlvers" and got this : INFORMIX-ESQL Version 7.22.UC1 …
Re: Getting HTTP_REFERER from Web Datablase?
Hi Tony, I'm using Web Datablade 3.32.UC2, and calling as a CGI. I turned on webdriver tracing, and from the SQL statement that contains WebExplode function call, HTTP_REFERER appears once a blue moon, most other times not. Kinda weird. Ah wait, I think I know what's going on.…
Informix Dynamic Server Personal Edition
What development apps are known to work with IDS-PE for 95? Infrmx wants to sell me licenses for Dynamic 4gl, esql-c, ddvb for 150usd. Do these work and are there others? 150 sounds ok but the catch is is that the Open-Line Support is outrageous for this (3K usd for unlim. suppor…
Will informix 7.24.uc5 compatiable with solaris 7?
Hi there, I was wondering if Informix Dynamic Server 7.24.uc.5 will be compatiable with solaris 7 when it comes out? Thanks advance, Pat Militzer pmilitzer@ultracom.com…
Informix Online Dynamic Server 7.2.2
When I try to iniailize the shared memory I get an error "oninit: Critical error initializing shared memory" I checked the log and it says the base memory address is 0x80080000 and should be 0x80400000 when I change it it reverses. this is on a SCO open server 5. nay ideas.…
Informix Dynamic Server on Linux NOW!
Check out the Informix WEB Site. There is an announcement that IDS 7.3 is shipping on Linux TODAY! http://www.informix.com/ Art S. Kagel…
Problem installing to NT4.0 server
I'm trying to install Informix dynamic server workgroup edition to Primary domain Nt 4.0 Server. I have created Informix-Admin group and Informix account and grant it all Administrators rights and also Domain administrator rights. The server setup runs ok, but when setup is tryi…
Re: Best database for web backend on Linux?
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:03:49 +0000, Evan Carew <ecarew@yahoo.com> wrote: >Simply put, The main reason I have selected Sybase over Oracle in the >recent past has to do with cache management. In every case, if >you try to use Oracle stored procedures in the same environment with >…
Re: ODS 7.23 on HP-UX - SYSTEM HANG - URGENT
mperrior@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > We are running 3 ODS 7.23 instance on an HP-UX 10.20 2-processor system and > recently we are getting system hangs. The load average shoots up inexorably > whilst the CPU idle times show > 90%! No processes are showing a CPU usage > figure of >…
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 …
After Alter/Create Table => Get Error -937
I am using 9.12 UC2 on Solaris with the Web DataBlade 3.30.UC6 using nsapi with Netscape Enterprise Server. Anytime I alter or create any table (with SQL editor or dbaccess), I get error -937 "Table (tableName) has been dropped, altered or renamed" when I run my web pages. The …
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: 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, …
How can I read the header tape of the archive created by ontape?
I have Informix Dynamic Server 7.23.UC1. I would like know the tape header structure created by ontape.…
Re: Upgrading Informix from Online engine to Dynamic Server
Seth Grimes wrote: > > Jane Vohden wrote: > > > > I have been talking with Informix about upgrading our site from the > > 5.xx Online engine to 7.2x Dynamic Server. They said there was no cost > > I don't think that anyone has pointed out the mistaken terminology > h…
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…
Re: What's the problem with stored procedures
Jacob Salomon wrote: > > Kirk Waterhouse wrote: > |I had an Informix employee (a fairly high level consultant type) tell > |me that I should not use stored procedures with Informix. He said > that > |Informix did a very poor job of implementing stored procedures. He > said > |tha…
Information About Views
How does Informix handle views. Does it execute the SQL statement everytime someone accesses the view or is the view cached? When you create a SQL statement against a view with a WHERE clause does the view select all the information first then apply your WHERE clause or does it…
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…
Reply to SELECT too slow
Hi: 1:you should provide your sql statement in details,which maybe a simple select , a join,or subquery ,etc. In different case they will result in different performance. Also you should provide your table schema,index,and sqexplain. 2.I think three fector will affct your perf…
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: dbaccess faster than ESQL/C ?
Are you using the same network facility in ESQL as with dbaccess? WHich di you run first? The reason I ask is because whichever is running second has the benefit of the data being cached (unless you bounce the engine in between runs). The only things I see that can make a differ…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
In article <5j39eg$2sj@mew.corp.sgi.com>, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@mew.corp.sgi.com> writes > > >In article <0v8awLAcPRVzEwpS@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams ><djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: >> >I can do a *moderate* comparison between Informix and Sybase (32 bit >> >port): >>…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
In article <0v8awLAcPRVzEwpS@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: > >I can do a *moderate* comparison between Informix and Sybase (32 bit > >port): > > > >Sybase 11.0.X Informix 7.22 > >------------- ------…
Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
In article <5ith88$14g@mew.corp.sgi.com>, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@mew.corp.sgi.com> writes >[ 1 - I've snipped, what I believe, were a whole bunch of unrelated > newsgroups from this note. I've left only the comp.database.* > > 2 - If you disagree with what I've written, let'…
Re: Performance problem
Raymond Chow wrote: > > Help please!! I have two different machine. Risc6000 R40 and Risc6000 59H. > R40. IGB RAM, SSA DISKS, faster CPU > 59H, 324MB RAM, slower CPU. > > My day end run, seems that the 59H is faster than R40. Sounds ridiculous. > But it is true. > Any help in her…
Re: Performance problem
Raymond Chow <raychow@pc.jaring.my> escreveu no artigo <01bc3a2c$94c45c80$d3db8ea1@Mimos.Jaring>... <snip> > My day end run, seems that the 59H is faster than R40. Sounds ridiculous. > But it is true. > Any help in here? > Any reference on good Informix performance tuning book? …
Performance problem
Help please!! I have two different machine. Risc6000 R40 and Risc6000 59H. R40. IGB RAM, SSA DISKS, faster CPU 59H, 324MB RAM, slower CPU. My day end run, seems that the 59H is faster than R40. Sounds ridiculous. But it is true. Any help in here? Any reference on good Informix p…
Re: Informix: Please buy Borland
Let me preface this posting by saying that I am *not* interested in converting anyone from Informix to Sybase. As a matter of fact, I'm planning on taking two Informix classes next week to learn about Informix. My posts regarding Sybase are more for educational purposes rather …
Re: Informix: Please buy Borland
pablo@mew.corp.sgi.com (Pablo Sanchez) wrote: : :In article <33146861.31595912@gate.idg.no>, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no writes: :> :> Sybase may have spread their resources to thin, but their basic error :> was in their server design. : :Would you please elaborate on this basic error…
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…
Re: A performance question
Gregory Trubetskoy wrote: > > I am evaluating Informix on NT (to possibly replace MS SQL Server), and > I notice a significant difference in performance. > > I did a little tweaking, not too much - I set BUFFERS to 6000 (x4096K > page)(the machine has 128 Meg) SHMVIRTSIZE to 16Me…
Re: A performance question
In article <330B7E2B.6916@thetsn.com>, Gregory Trubetskoy <grisha@thetsn.com> writes >I am evaluating Informix on NT (to possibly replace MS SQL Server), and >I notice a significant difference in performance. > >I did a little tweaking, not too much - I set BUFFERS to 6000 (x4096…
Re: ONLINE 7.2 tuned to simulate SE x.x
--0__=MWXdqK17S4lXPm6Boa5ZQi892ZYLpinD57lvkEjrgSjesbnTIR0Zkf0D Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Are the OLTP from this environment? Setting PDQpriority to 50 makes EVERYTHING done by this server lower priority than the fortune cookie program. Recommend you set that to…
Re: Prepared V Inline sql
Peter Jennings wrote: > > The environment is Online V5 under AIX. > > We have been running some simlple tests to compare the > performance of prepared sql to inline coded sql in an > esql-C program. Our intuition and experience of other databases > tells us that prepared (dynamic…
Re: Prepared V Inline sql
Peter Jennings (peter_jennings@uk.ibm.com) wrote: : The environment is Online V5 under AIX. : We have been running some simlple tests to compare the : performance of prepared sql to inline coded sql in an : esql-C program. Our intuition and experience of other databases : tells …
Re: Online Performance Tuning Question ??
--0__=CQNLSAopMAYotwufGnXR0QUl8Vh2LxD5j3KZwfTS9kAfLWIEJOo7CpHz Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Make your initial virtual shared memory piece larger. When this starts acting badly, do an onstat -g seg and count the number of V shared memory segments ("class").…
Re: sqlca and delphi
Frank Tschirpke wrote: > > Hallo, > > we need the sqlca-struct in delphi (1.02) and informix OnLine (7). How > can we access this struct? > > frank Frank, From the BDE API Help: Native handles allow you to bypass BDE functions to use native SQL database APIs to create and mani…
Re: SPL & Triggers - do's and don'ts
In article <3291472D.5831@sprynet.com>, Jake Salomon <jsalomon@sprynet.com> writes >As far as I recall, the SP cache is still limited to 50 procs. This is >not [yet] a tunable to keep those feature requests coming, folks! > Where did you hear about this limit - I cannot find …
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: How to increase userthread in Informix 7.11
Kate, Tomchik/IS/SSC/THD@emory.mathcs.emory.edu wrote: > > 128 is the number of threads, which doesn't really mean 128 active users > because we get error messages long before we reach that number on our systems. > You need to change the NETTYPE variable as follows: > > NETTYPE …
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 …
Re: Total users
Actualy, in our experience the 128 is meaningless. As soon as you reach 99 users your system will no longer allow any further attachments, it WON'T allocate more shared memory for more users, and it WON'T give you any meaningful message about what is going on. The number of use…
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: Stored Procedures in Client/Server Env.
govardha@plains.nodak.edu (Jogendra Govardhanagiri) wrote: > I have couple of questions on using SPs in the client/server environment. > I like to get some info. on this. >1) Is there any limit on the number of clients calling a single > procedure at the same time? There is …
RE: How to reduce extents 5.x OnLine
>Saeid Yazdanmehr writes... >I am wondering if anybody has done the follwoing: >1) Trying to reduce Extents for performance improvement on an Informix >database version 5.0. Simply use tbunload/tbload. This compresses the extents and OnLine handles the compressed ext…
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?…
Database monitoring tools
I am interested in tools to monitor Oracle and Informix databases over time in a distributed UNIX environment. Desired features include: o Predict future resource consumption based on past usage over time, and report problems on an exception basis. For example: Based …
Re: SQL Precompilers (preoptimize!)
Path: emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!orchard.la.locus.com!prodnet.la.locus.com!jfr From: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1992Mar04.203112.01004902@locus.com> Date: 4 Mar 92 20:31:12 GMT References: <1992Mar4.160455.12513@rock.concert.n…
Flushing changes
Path: emory!wupost!darwin.sura.net!gatech!udel!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!<UNAUTHENTICATED>+ From: Sean.Levy@cs.cmu.edu Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <EdYNfaS00hMgQ7TYBn@cs.cmu.edu> Date: 6 Feb 92 20:30:30 GMT Org…