I am being asked to inquire if there is a way to decrease the block time during a BCV backup on?an IDS 11.5 FC2X@?database on an HP-UX ia64.? the typical?procedure being used is:
1. onmode? ?-l???????????? to roll logical log forward
2. onmode? -c???????????? force a checkpoint
3. ...

Is there a place where I can download a evaluation copy of Informix 4GL
- Development - for RedHat Linux for evaluation?
Kind Regards
David Reed

Most of my reader's haven't got a f.cking clue what I'm talking about,
which is fair enough. Of the Informix-literate who responded, 33% said
they had never encountered the problem, 26% said they'd encountered it
once or twice, 20% they'd encountered it more than that and the

Any ideas if I can get round this:-
SQL:   New  Run  Modify  Use-editor  Output  Choose  Save  Info  Drop
Exit
Modify the current SQL statements using the SQL editor.

I am currently in discussion with R&D about how Connection Manager behaves, and what behaviour customers want.
So, given the following environment, using the sqlhosts as a central reference point (and yes, it IS big),
where I have
Two MACH11 clusters

Does the 16g page tabelspace maxiumum still apply in IDS 11 please?

Our developers are asking for a way to enforce that a particular field cannot contain any values ( null ), unless another field has a certain value in it ( "S" ).
I  assume the only way to do this is to have a pre-insert trigger that calls a stored procedure, but is that right, or ...

OK, I getting better with ER but I still don't have a clue about some
things. I can't seem to make the following work:
I take a backup copy of an ER node with ER active and replicating. I
then restore it to another machine in stage. I am not using the same

We are looking at 11.50.UC3 for an upgrade to ER and came across a funny
bit.
First - both servers are RHEL4 running 11.50.UC3.
One is called sirrp61 and the other Stan2 - note the capital letter in

In order to set up a DR system ,I intend to use IBM DS storage system
to copy data to another storage system.
there are functions like FlashCopy,VolumeCopy in IBM
DS storage system.

I have a question about finding which sessions are using a particular
table in case where the table is accessed by synonyms of another
instance.
The case is the following:

The following describes a problem I had this morning. I know there are other
ways of doing reorgs (such as using Server Studio), but I need to understand
today's problem first in case it has wider ramifications.
Regards,

I just downloaded the "clientsdk.3.50.TC3DE.WIN" I am configuring the
ODBC client DSN. Everything test great on multiple protocols such as
onsoctcp,olsoctcp, sesoctcp, ... connecting to a Informix 10 database.
The question I have is which protocol should I use? What do they stand

both root and data spaces mirrored, current state:
Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UC4    -- On-Line -- Up 132 days
09:06:27 -- 463160 Kbytes
Dbspaces

I searched for this in the mailing list with no joy.
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We have a script which parses logical logs and produces a text output