Highlights: Re-launched Informix Page
Welcome to the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Insider! Designed for IIUG members and Informix user group leaders, this publication contains timely and relevant information for the IBM Informix community.
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Editorial
IBM stopped supporting user groups. At least financially. We do not charge our members, so funding by Informix and since 2001 IBM, has been our main source of revenue. We are looking for new sponsors and will keep you in the loop.
We will keep supporting the IIUG. So, there are no changes planned.
Gary Ben-Israel
IIUG Insider Editor
IIUG Board of Directors
gary@iiug.org
Highlights
Re-launched Informix Page
IBM recently re-launched the Informix product page. It now shares the same graphical style and other design elements with the other database products. It highlights the recent integration of Informix into the WatsonX data framework as well as featuring product videos, links to white papers and more.
Carlton Doe
IBM, Informix Database Specialist
Conference Corner
IBM TechXchange Conference Las Vegas, NV, USA
Title: IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
Date: October 21-24, 2024
Location: Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas, NV, USA
IMPORTANT: In case you missed the April Insider, due to a delay in the release of Informix V15. There will not be sufficient content to provide an Informix track. Therefore, the IIUG will not participate. We will continue to support this event and provide any Informix information regarding this event when it becomes available to us.
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Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Informix Corner
IBM Informix: A Key Part of IBM’s Hybrid Cloud and AI Strategy
Another feature for IBM Informix in the watsonx.data blog. Watsonx.data enables enterprises to unlock value in their existing data by connecting to existing storage and analytical environments.
Shripad Sonavnay
IBM, Principal Product Manager, GTM – Db2 & Informix
Upgrading to the Latest Fixpack of 12.10 and/or 14.10?
Please make sure to grab the latest and greatest PID release off of fix central:
These PID releases contain a fix for APAR IT45318 which is applicable only to the following releases of the Informix Server:
12.10.xC16
14.10.xc9
14.10.xc10
14.10.xc10W1
Or any special build containing the fix for APAR IT40986
Additional details pertaining to APAR IT45318 can be found here.
Karen Qualley
HCL
Informix Tech Talks on YouTube
Upcoming Informix Tech Talks
There will be no Informix Tech Talks in June at this time.
Last Informix Tech Talks Replay
Replay of the Last Informix Tech Talks: Migrating Databases Under the Worst Conditions – with Fail-back! – Art Kagel – May 2024
Informix Tech Talks YouTube Channel
Our YouTube Channel now has:
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498 subscribers (7 new subscribers)
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106 videos (1 new video)
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17,614 views (483 additional views)
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 Art Kagel or Rhonda Hackenburg for additional information.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Schedule Your Informix 14.10 Exam Today
The Informix 14.10 Badge exam is still available!
The exam will be administered online. You are required to complete the exam with a proctor from our approved list, or nominate one of your own, to be approved by IBM or the IIUG Board. You will be required to have a live webcam running as you complete the exam.
For those not familiar with the term Proctor: Proctor is frequently used to describe someone who oversees an exam. In today’s testing environment, a proctor will typically verify a student’s identity by checking a photo ID and ensure academic integrity guidelines are followed during the exam.
Click here to learn more or schedule your exam.
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
Add function of updating chunk path by ontape and onbar
Certify Informix 14.10 on red-hat 7
Onaudit add events at the statement level for object read/write
Backups to use temp dbspaces with most closlely matching page size
Allow temp tables and backup before images to handle temp dbspaces which fill up.
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: 108 (+0)
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: 105 (+0)
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: 93 (+0)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
Gary Ben-Israel
IUG Board
IBM Informix Forum Corner
Join and visit the IBM Informix community forum
Recent Posts
Is it possible to import the copy made with ontape from one database to another PC?
Gary Ben-Israel
IIUG Board
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.
Technical Articles
https://www.oninitgroup.com/technical-articles/
Over 10 Years of Informix Webcast Replays
Over 30 Years of Informix Blog Posts
Social Media
| YouTube | X (Twitter) |
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