Highlights: Informix Service for Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.2 Just Released
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Message from the President
Hello Informix Family,
I hope everyone is doing well!
I wanted to let you know that the IIUG Board of Directors had a call with Al Martin and Alex Gorman, from IBM this week. We discussed the upcoming IBM TechXchange Conference in Barcelona, January 22-25, 2024. IBM would like us to participate in this event. And, by us, I mean the Informix community.
I know you all are thinking, the IIUG chose not to participate in the Las Vegas TechXchange Conference 2023, and now they want to participate in the Barcelona event? Yes, it sounds crazy, but why not give it a try? IBM really wants “us” there!
Now, will the Informix sessions be selected for the TechXchange main event? I really don’t know, But, as a user community we need to step up and start promoting Informix ourselves. If IBM receives A LOT of submissions, maybe this will encourage them to promote our favorite product? If Informix sessions are selected for this event, then maybe Informix users will participate, and we the Informix Family can meet and spend time together again!
So, I encourage all of you, especially the European Informix Users to submit a proposal for this event. To do so, CLICK HERE.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at cindy@iiug.org.
Best Regards,
Cindy
Cindy Lichtenauer
IIUG Board of Directors – President
cindy@iiug.org
Highlights
Informix Service for Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.2 Just Released
A new version of the Informix service for Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.2 was released at the end of August. This new release contains the 14.10.FC10W1 Informix server. With the 4.7.2 release, the Informix service continues to improve the integration with the overall infrastructure and includes various fixes.
For more information on what’s new in Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.2, check here.
The Informix service for Cloud Pak for Data 4.8 is in the works, set to release in Q4, 2023. We are working to add more out-of-the-box monitoring along with additional defect fixing. Stay tuned!
Karen Qualley
HCL
Informix Corner
Call for Speakers for TechXchange Conference EMEA in Barcelona 2024
The call for speakers closes September 15, 2023. Sorry for the late notice on this.
Title: IBM TechXchange Conference EMEA 2024: Community & Learning for Tech Experts
Date: 22-25 January 2024
Location: CCIB – Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Barcleona, Spain
We are asking for the IIUG Community to show support for the Barcelona event and submit topics related to Informix or any IBM product and how you can integrate Informix with that product. As a selected speaker, you may also qualify for a free pass to the conference.
The IIUG has no control over the sessions selected. So, let’s see if we can overwhelm IBM with Informix submissions. Let’s show IBM we are a strong user group.
Click here for more information and to register your session. Get your sessions submitted today!
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Informix Developer Edition MAC OS port for Apple Chipset M1/2
The current and future Informix Development Edition and the Advanced Development Edition should be available under Mac OS apple cpu. (https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/INFX-I-544)
The MacBook’s are very popular among pupils, students, and IT consultants.
Run Informix Developer Edition 14.10 at actual MacBook’s will push the popularity and skills of this easy to use Database – like the SE Standard Edition in the past.
By voting under https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/INFX-I-544 you can bring this idea to life.
Henri Cujass
IIUG Board
Informix Tech Talks on YouTube
Upcoming Informix Tech Talks
There will be no Tech Talks for September.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Tech Talks Committee
Last Informix Tech Talks Replay
Replay of the Last Informix Tech Talks: August 24, 2023: Informix and OneDB, Paul Watson
Informix Tech Talks YouTube Channel
Our YouTube Channel now has:
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412 subscribers (13 subscribers since last month)
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100 videos (1 new videos since last month)
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12,389 views (760 new views since last month)
Informix Tech Talks YouTube Channel Videos
Past Informix Tech Talks Replays
In Search of Tech Talks Speakers
We are looking for additional speakers and especially any new speakers to share your Informix knowledge with our user Community via the IIUG Tech Talks. We will assist you in preparing for your Tech Talks presentation by prerecording your session. This will allow you to be available to answer any questions that come up in the chat during you presentation.
If you are interested in producing a 15 – 45-minute presentation, please contact either Bruce Simms or Rhonda Hackenburg for additional information.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Informix Training
Free Informix Tutorials Videos – a step by step approach to using Informix Database Servers are available at https://advancedatatools.com/tech-info/informix-tutorials/
RFE Corner
IBM has an RFE – Request For Enhancements website.
Please visit the RFE site to vote for your favorite enhancements and place new requests. It is friendly and has a nice look and feel.
Recent
Enhance Password Validation failed message to include source IP
Add bloom filters similar to SQL Server
Add DB2 zigzap scan capability to Informix
Add DB2 jump scan capability to Informix
4GL Add Line Number to Character to numeric conversion error
Add Readonly Database Connection Support
Popular (Over 50 votes)
Obtain the query plan of a running query
Many times a DBA is called to check upon a slow process. Most of the times those processes are running a slow query.
Sometimes it’s hard to know if the query is using the best query plan or not. A DBA can reproduce the query, but it it was prepared without values or if the statistics were changed after it started there is no guarantee that the query plan seen by the DBA is the same as the running query.
We have “onstat -g pqs” which sometimes can give us a clue, but it’s mostly cryptic and undocumented. If a user has X-Windows he can try xtree, but it’s a bit strange for todays standards.
We also have SQLTRACE, but if it was not set when the query was launched it will not capture the info (and besides, due to the circular nature of the buffer it may not be there at the time we need it).
A simple pseudo-table in sysmaster could probably implement this with ease.
It could also be extended to support the “last” query plan making it easy to get the query plan in any tool
Votes: 106 (+1)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
Informix should be able to change owner on tables and any other objects
If user=informix creates all database and all tables, then programmer creates table but user=informix cannot change it. Only drop it.
Votes: 103 (+1)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
Backup Individual database, not entire instance
Need a mechanism, similar to ontape, to backup a live database (as opposed to entire instance), without locking it.
Votes: 91 (+0)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
Gary Ben-Israel
IBM Informix Forum Corner
Join and visit the IBM Informix community forum
Recent Posts
Strange Error -1215 under Informix 14.10 (but not 12.10)
Error -25582, what’s a reason of?
Gary Ben-Israel
Informix Resources
Not a member, become an IIUG member and keep updated on all things Informix. It’s free.
Not a member, join The IBM Informix community and connect with other Informix data experts.
Informix Requests for Enhancements.
Informix Blogs ans Wikis
Andrés Repossi https://andreserepossi.wixsite.com/hablemosinformix (In Spanish)
Technical Articles
https://www.oninitgroup.com/technical-articles/
https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/cloud-backups-with-informix-14-10/
Over 10 Years of Informix Webcast Replays
Over 30 Years of Informix Blog Posts
Social Media
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Forums, Groups, Videos, and Magazines
The IIUG old forums at http://www.iiug.org/forums/technical.php *** NO LONGER ACTIVE ***
Informix Marketing channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/informixmarketing?feature=results_main
Closing and Credits
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 exceeds 25,000 entries and enjoys the support and commitment of IBM’s Information Management division. Key programs include local user groups and special interest groups, which we promote and assist from launch through growth.
Sources: IIUG Board of Directors
IBM Corp.
Editors: Gary Ben-Israel, Rhonda Hackenburg
For comments, please send an email to gary@iiug.org or rhonda@iiug.org