http://www.ibm.com/software/data/2012-conference/

Evaluate: Informix 11.7
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/informix/index.html
Download a trial version of Informix Ultimate Edition 11.7 or download one of the free editions: Informix Developer Edition 11.7 (for development use only) or Informix Innovator-C Edition 11.7 (for small production workloads.)
Also available in:
Portuguese: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/br/downloads/im/informix/index.html

12 Jul 2012

Compare the Informix Version 11 editions
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/index.html
Get an introduction to the various editions of IBM Informix, and compare features, benefits, and licensing considerations in a side-by-side table. Regardless of which edition you choose, Informix brings you legendary ease-of-use, reliability, stability, and access to extensibility features.
Also available in:
Chinese: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/data/library/techarticles/dm-0801doe/index.html
Chinese: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/index.html
Russian: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ru/library/dm-0801doe/index.html
Portuguese: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/br/data/library/techarticle/dm-0801doe/index.html

5 Jul 2012

Oracle to IBM Informix porting guide
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/long/dm-0608marino/index.html
This article describes the differences between Oracle and Informix functionality and syntax. In addition to DDL, DML and overall SQL syntax, you'll explore the differences between Oracle and Informix with regards to the use of large objects, user-defined types, user-defined routines, and table partitioning.

1 Jul 2012

Save this link to find about Informix on DeveloperWorks: http://www.iiug.org/url/devworks.html

Remote Technical and DBA support from Advanced DataTools helps small, medium and enterprise installations maximize their IBM Informix database performance and uptime while minimizing costs and overhead. We can help resolve and/or prevent the worst technical problems you could imagine!

Advanced DataTools' staff of highly experienced, certified IBM Informix consultants are well trained in all levels of database performance and optimization. This allows us to offer our customers IBM maintenance and support contracts on most versions of Informix Dynamic Server, on any platform/operating system.

Top experts in the field, Art Kagel and Lester Knutsen, manage and support our team of certified IBM Informix consultants. Art and Lester each have over 28 years of Informix DBA experience and both have received the IIUG Directors Award, and the Inaugural Data Champion award by IBM.

For more information: http://www.advancedatatools.com/Solutions/Support.html

September 10-13 2012 - Informix for Database Administrators
This course is for database administrators, programmers, and technical support personnel who will be setting up, managing, and tuning IBM Informix 11, 10 or 7 databases.

December 3-6 2012 - Advanced Informix Performance Tuning
This course is for database administrators and application developers who will be responsible for managing, optimizing, and tuning an Informix database server. The focus is on skills, procedures, and scripts to improve the performance of your database server. The course will provide a toolkit of scripts and utilities to start monitoring and optimizing your Informix database server.

All courses may be taken online on the web from your desk or at our training center in Virginia. All you need is a web browser and a SSH client (like Putty) to connect to the lab machines in our office.

The follow is a link to the courses on our web site:

http://www.advancedatatools.com/Training/InformixTraining.html

Registration Information:

http://www.advancedatatools.com/Training/CourseRegistration.html or call 703-256-0267 x101 for more information and to Register

DBTA
Empowering Business Analysts with Faster Insights!
A DBTA article by Keshava Murthy (Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Informix development working on query processing and data warehousing)
http://www.iiug.org/url/dbta.html

IBM Data Magazine
New Certification : With this new exam and certification role, the successful candidate will be able to:

• Identify the files and applications necessary to install and configure Genero
• Run and recompile in both text and graphic mode
• Enhance applications with Genero features
• Enable Genero for the web
• Generate reports
• Implement web services

When products are built with different versions of CSDK, or include a different version of CSDK, they must be installed in separate directories.

The Informix server 11.50 is shipped with a Client SDK (CSDK) whose version matches the server version. Informix 11.50.xC9 will ship with CSDK 3.50.xC9, where 'x' is F for 64 bit systems, and 'x' is either U,T or H for 32 bit systems.

Likewise, Informix server 11.70 is shipped with a Client SDK whose version matches the server version. Informix 11.70.xC5 will ship with CSDK 3.70.xC5, etc..

The tools such as the 4GL compiler, debugger, or rapid development system, or ISQL (and their respective runtimes) are also built with CSDK. The version of CSDK used will depend on the current release level of CSDK at that time, and whether it is intended to be used with Informix 11.50 or Informix 11.70.

Because of product architectural issues, 3.50.* and 3.70.* libraries cannot be mixed. Doing so will lead to application failure. Failure symptoms may include, but are not limited to blank form screens and core dumps. Application program failures do not appear to effect data in the database.

When you install tools in the same directory, you may overwrite the library of one product with the same library of the second product. This is not a problem as long as the products are built with the same version of CSDK, down to the minor release level. (e.g. 3.50.xC5 where C5 is the minor release). If the products are built with different versions of CSDK, it may cause problems which lead to application program failure.

If you have products which have been built with different versions of CSDK and installing them in the same directory has led to problems such as blank screens and core dumps, then segregate the products by CSDK build version. Set your PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables as appropriate for the users.

You can find the version of CSDK used to build a tool by untaring the product file, and checking the machine notes file under $INFORMIXDIR/release/, or by going on line to the Information Center for the appropriate Informix server and drilling down to Release Information, then Informix 4GL, then the particular release version, then Release Notes. In that file you will find the version of CSDK used to build the tool.

Note that the version of the tool and the version of CSDK used are not necessarily the same. For example, 4GL 7.50.xC6 was built with CSDK 3.70.xC4.

Jeffrey Cauhape

Effective on the dates listed below, IBM. will withdraw from marketing, part numbers from the following product releases licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

http://www.iiug.org/url/withdrawal.html

Informix 11.7 Bootcamp

Informix Performance Tuning Bootcamp

* http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/im/Informix+Warehouse+Accelerator+Bootcamp

A user group Event On August 2nd,2012
Be sure to be a part of the largest gathering of Informix users in Malaysia on August 2nd (Thursday) from 1: 30 PM to 7: 30 PM at Ballroom A, Level 10, DoubleTree Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, followed by Buka Puasa dinner that will commence from 7:30 PM onwards.

Get more details here:

http://wp.me/p1DlXt-4t

A user group event on August 7th (Tuesday), 2012
If you are around Bangkok during the week of 7th (of August 2012), please join us to for this half a day event and be a part of the largest Informix users gathering Thailand. We will be having some of the members IBM Informix leadership team and Informix subject matter experts to be present for this event in person, and they will be most happy to spend time with you to discuss on how IBM could help better achieve your business goals with Informix.

Get more details here:

http://wp.me/p1DlXt-4P

• The IIUG forums at http://www.iiug.org/forums/technical.php **** these are very good****
• Blogs, Videos, News and more at http://planetids.com *** Up to date feeds from many blogs ***
• Jerry Keesee http://jerrykeeseetalksinformix.wordpress.com/ *** New ***
• Informix documentation team https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/idsdoc *** New ***
• IDS Experts blog https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/idsteam *** New ***
• A Latin blog maintained by support http://the-information-x.blogspot.com.br
• Eric Vercelletto's English Website http://en.vercelletto.com
• Gary Proctor http://garyproctorsblog.com
• Martin Fuerderer a blog on Informix Warehouse Accelerator http://tinyurl.com/the-iwa-blog
• ognjen.orel http://ifmx.wordpress.com/li>
• Keshava Murthy https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/Keshav
• Louis T.Cherian http://louistcherian.wordpress.com
• Art Kagel's blog http://informix-myview.blogspot.com
• Andrew Ford's blog http://www.informix-dba.blogspot.com
• Mark Jamison at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/gbowerman
• Jacques Roy at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/jacquesroy
• Kate Dawson at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/katedawson
• Fernando Nunes at http://informix-technology.blogspot.com
• Eric Vercelletto at http://www.levillageinformix.blogspot.com (in French)
• Mark Scranton at http://markscranton.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/informix-and-marketing/
• IBM DATABASE MAGAZINE at http://www.ibmdatabasemag.com
• The Informix Zone at http://www.informix-zone.com
• There is an Informix group on LinkedIn. The group is called "Informix Supporter", so anyone loving Informix can join, from current IBM employees, former Informix employees, to users. It will also be a good occasion to get in touch with others or long-time-no-seen friends. If you fancy showing the Informix logo on your profile, join. To join, simply go to:
  http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/25049/5E4B2048E558

http://www.iiug.org/quicklinks.html

The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) is an organization designed to enhance communications between its worldwide user community and IBM. The IIUG's membership database now exceeds 25,000 entries and enjoys the support and commitment of IBM's Data Management division. Key programs include local user groups and special interest groups, which we promote and assist from launch through growth.

For comments, please send an email to gary@iiug.org.