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Informix Roundup: 02 July 2009

Submitted by obnoxio on July 2, 2009 - 23:00

Why database optimisation matters. Simple enough to give to your manager.

OAT 2.25 is out, with new schema management and ER management gubbins.

Madison has something on HDR performance.

Embedding Informix

Submitted by eherber on July 2, 2009 - 19:30

Saw this new URL mentioned in a tweet on Twitter and thought it might be worth sharing it as it contains some useful links:

Another interesting URL mentioned in Pradeep's Blog:

Open Admin Tool is further improving

Submitted by eherber on July 2, 2009 - 06:25

It is good to see how fast the Open Admin Tool is further improving:

Informix Columns in IBM Database Management Magazine

Submitted by eherber on July 2, 2009 - 06:15

The new IBM Database Magazine contains two stories written by Informix veterans Stuart Litel and Lester Knutsen:

Looking Forward

Submitted by jroy on July 1, 2009 - 23:05

Lately I've had a lot of internal discussions about features, benefits, and qualities of Informix Dynamic Server version 11. Two characteristics tht came up were the fact that IDS can be invisible and that Informix is everywhere. Humm... everywhere and invisible... we could do a lot of jokes about that... but I don't want to be in the doG house :-)

New IEA Modules on ER

Submitted by pkutty on July 1, 2009 - 22:41

In case you have not already seen this, 5 new modules on 10.00.xC9 ER Features have been published on the IEA (IBM Education Assistant) site. These modules were designed by Ron Privett who is the Informix Support ER SME.

If you do use ER in your environment, these feature presentations will be useful. We are definitely interested in your feedback as well!

Constraints and ER

Submitted by mpruet on July 1, 2009 - 16:19



Constraints and ER

Constraints and ER

One of the characteristics
of ER  is that it uses deferred
constraint checking.  This means that constraints
are checked as part of the commit and not as part of the update
operation.  Defered constraint checking has a huge advantage
for ER because that means we can dynamically increase the parallelism

Chat with the lab - Compression

Submitted by gbowerman on July 1, 2009 - 01:10

If you're interested in the storage savings and performance gains available with compression, one of the IDS compression feature developers Kevin Cherkauer will be discussing the feature and answering your questions on July 15. Here are the details..



Informix Chat with the Lab - Wednesday, July 15, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 4:30 PM London, 5:30 PM Paris


Compression and Storage optimization support in IDS!

New Informix Demos

Submitted by eherber on June 25, 2009 - 20:11

There are new Informix demos out that demonstrate the benefits of IDS in two of the Informix "sweet spot" industries: Telecommunication and Retail. You probably know that there are several large retailers in the US that power their business with IDS. Hundreds and thousands of IDS instances are managed only by a handful of DBA's. There is no other data server offered by IBM or the competition that achieves a better TCO than IDS.

Webcast - Compression and Storage optimization support in IDS

Submitted by eherber on June 25, 2009 - 20:06


  • Date: Thursday, July the 15th
  • Time: 1 hour -- 8:30 AM PST, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eeastern, 4:30 PM London, 5:30 PM Paris, 5:30 PM Berlin
  • Title: Compression and Storage optimization support in IDS
  • Speaker: Kevin Cherkauer

You can register for the webcast here...
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