We use Informix at work and I'd like to install a version of it on my
Ubuntu box at home so I can practise using it. Is there a free single-
machine version of Informix that can be downloaded from IBM?
I suppose I could always do bookwork at home and then practise at

I receive this error if I call my in ESQL-C written program from any
SPL-procedure with the command "system(/path_to_my_program/
my_program)".
The program works fine if I call it from command line.

When we run the query below we get an unexpectedly large number of
rows returned. when we put {+ORDERED} in the query the estimated rows
reduces from 9322036 to 12 even though the query plan is exactly the
same. Any ideas?

Optimize your operating system, minimize background activities,
repair registry base, uninstall unnecessary components,  get rid of
boring errors and make your  operating system safer..
http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com

On a nightly basis we update our Q/A database with a copy from
production.  We do this by re-creating the db and then using a
combination of HPL and dbimport (for tables with a Text datatype) and
this process is taking about 10 and half hours.

An onstat -g iov shows the inverted pyramid. But aren't these io's per second really low ? Does this indicate a bottleneck somewhere ?
class/vp s io/s totalops dskread dskwrite dskcopy wakeups io/wup errors
kio 0 s 38.4 193890 53 193837 0 479123 0.4 0
kio 1 i 50.6 255670 7 255663 ...

"Inspired" by the huge success of our first two automation fast track
batches
We are forced to start third fast track automation batch
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Hello, erery one:
I install informix ids 10 on: aix 5.3 update 5, and read
/home/informix/release/..../*machi* , install OS system patch named IY66196,
IY..., and I install them.

16:18:27  stack trace for pid 7890 written to /opt/informix/tmp/af.b7d963a2
16:18:27  Assert Failed: No Exception Handler
16:18:27  IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC4
16:18:27   Who: Session(1318859, xxx@xxx.xxx, 382, 0x5ae03684)

Anyone got a workaround to get mkmessage produce wider screens than 80
characters?
Yup - its still used, and I cannot remember how I did this last time.
Regards

Running IDS10.0.FC5 on Aix5.3, P570 server with FastT900 San and Tivoli 5.3.3.
Backed up terabyte database with onbar.
Restoring to different server.
Lately, the restore is taking an extraordinary amount of time, in the order of 48 hours. Only takes about 4 hours to back it up.

I'm looking for assistance with Online version 5.0.5. I need to know
if there is a way to detect problems at the system level of an Online
5 instance besides using tbcheck.
Informix version:   Online version 5.0.5  UC1

I need to create a new user in IBM Informix (Unix platform) and give
him access to only temp1 table but not to temp2 table. The problem is
that there are some existing users who have access to both tables
through Public role. If I explicitly grant access to new user on temp1

VAM SYSTEMS is a Business Consulting, IT Technology Solutions and
Services company with operations in UAE, Qatar, USA, Singapore &
India.
We are urgently looking for Base 24 Professionals for our Singapore

Is there a release of IDS 10.0UC5/FC5 available for Solaris on x86?
Thanks
"Mr Lazy"