Informix 12.10.xC7W1 Released

IBM Informix Team is attending users request by releasing more often patch versions of their Informix Server. Just a couple of weeks after the regular fixpack 12.10.xC7 IBM launches 12.10.xC7W1. Traditionally, “W” releases are out for strong reasons like security issues, fixing big issues or because there are a large number of users requesting one fix.

In last 2016 IIUG Conference, Informix representatives outlined a plan to release Informix produts more frequently. In this case, it seams there are not big issues to fix, so Informix is just fulfilling its promise.

Next, you’ll get the list of fixes included in this “W1” release:

APAR Description
IT05483 INCORRECT RESULTS POSSIBLE FOR SELECT ON SMI TABLE SYSONLINELOG
IT05919 INCORRECT RESULTS POSSIBLE FOR SIMPLE SELECT WITH GROUP BY ON LVARCHAR COLUMN
IT10492 DBEXPORT -O SEGMENTATION FAULTS IF DIRECTORY SPECIFIED DOES NOT EXIST
IT14643 SELECT FROM SYSBUFHDR WILL ASSERT FAIL IN PSTPOSIT()
IT14738 ONSMSYNC -G MIGHT CRASH WITH BAR_DEBUG TURNED ON
IT14770 ALTERING TABLE TO ADD ROWIDS TO TABLE FRAGMENTED BY RANGE RETURNS -212/-772 ERROR
IT14969 DBACCESS MAY TRUNCATE A STRING IF CLIENT_LOCALE IS SET TO A MULTIBYTE CODESET
IT15002 ON SOLARIS, A SEGMENTATION FAULT (SIGSEGV) RESULTS IN RECURSIVE EXCEPTION AND EXIT
IT15054 INVALID MUTEX TYPE ASSERTION FAILURE ON POLL THREAD IN BREAK_SESSION DUE TO RACE CONDITION WITH THREAD EXITING VIA DESTROY_SESSI
IT15068 THE TEXT ERROR MESSAGE FOR ERROR -860 CONTAINS SOME SPELLING MISTAKES
IT15183 DBSPACES MISSING AFTER UPGRADE
IT15239 MEMORY LEAK IN CSM VP WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING PASSWORD ENCRYPTED CONNECTIONS
IT15261 HIGH PERFORMANCE LOAD JOBS CAN HANG WHEN USING A LARGE NUMBER OF DEVICES
IT15342 COMPRESSED KEYWORD MISSING FROM TABLE SCHEMA AFTER ALTER TABLE
IT15514 USING MORE THAN ONE COLLECTION IN A SINGLE SELECT CAN LEAD TO MEMORY CORRUPTION
IT15561 UPDATE STATISTICS CAN FAIL WITH SQL CODE 959 ISAM 172 AND GENERATE AN ASSERTION FAILURE
IT15608 WHEN A TABLE HAS MUTLIPLE UPDATE TRIGGERS ON MUTLIPLE COLUMNS, THOSE TRIGGERS WILL FIRE ONCE PER COLUMN UPDATED PER TRIGGER
IT15623 QUERY USING FOT INDEX RETURNS INCORRECT RESULTS
IT15624 DELETES ON A REPLICATED TABLE WITH A DELETE TRIGGER CALLING A C UDR CAUSES VIRTUAL MEMORY LEAK IN TARGET CDRD_XXXX THREAD(S)
IT15626 INTERRUPTED UPDATE STATISTICS CAN LEAVE AN OUTDATED DD ENTRY AND RESULT IN -710 FOR OTHER CLIENTS ON THE SAME TABLE
IT15627 OPTIMIZER NEEDS A LOT OF SHARED MEMORY
IT15662 SERVER CANNOT USE THE LOGICAL NAME OF A RAW PARTITION IN THE ROOTPATH ON WINDOWS
IT15672 WRONG COLUMN DEFAULT DISPLAY POSSIBLE IN DBACCESS TABLE INFO CONSTRAINTS DEFAULTS MENU
IT15813 SELECT STATEMENT WITH A PATITION BY CLAUSE RETURNS ERROR -392
IT15877 VARIOUS ASSERTION FAILURES FOR QUERY WITH WHERE IN-CLAUSE
IT15878 DROPPING AN SBSPACE WHILE LEVEL 0 BACKUP IS RUNNING FAILS BUT LEAVES SBSPACE WITH NO USER DATA SPACE REFERENCE IN SHARED MEMORY
IT15915 THREAD HANG CAUSED BY THREAD TRYING TO LOCK MUTEX IT ALREADY OWNED WHILE DOING A SYSMASTER QUERY WITH SQLTRACE ENABLED
IT15955 ONSTAT -G CAC SSC DOES NOT SHOW STATEMENT CACHE BUT ONSTAT -G CAC STMT DOES
IT15959 COMPRESSION WILL ONLY WORK FOR ONE FRAGMENT ON A TABLE, IF A PRIMARY KEY IS CREATED
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By Vicente Salvador

Board member since 2014, a user since 1989 and Informix fan. I'am software architect which allow me to combine technical and business skills.

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