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ROWNUM again?!

This is more or less a FAQ. If you search the Internet for "rownum informix" you'll get a lot of links and several possible answers. I don't plan to give you a final answer, but I'll take advantage of this frequent topic to go back to something I do enjoy: User Defined functions in C language.

Here is a short calculation of Informix Backup costs with and without compression.
Informix backup can be compressed in different ways:
- ontape to disk (with ONCONFIG Parameters BACKUP_FILTER and RESTORE_FILTER)
- onbar to tape (with ONCONFIG Parameters BACKUP_FILTER and RESTORE_FILTER)
- onbar to tape (with TSM compression)

In January there will be two Informix Chat with the Lab events. The first one is a repetition of an event from October 2011. The event discusses the advantages of Informix as backend for business software in conjunction with Genero.

Two notes to IBM:

1)
Is there no other software vendor left that bets on Informix and is willing to talk about it ?

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Aller guten Dinge sind 3: Dreimal Informix Workshop in Frankfurt

Auch in 2012 bietet die IBM wieder kostenlose Workshops rund um das Thema INFORMIX an. Den Anfang macht die Banken-Metropole Frankfurt wo gleich drei Informix-Workshops im Monat März stattfinden. Zur Zeit ist von IBM noch kein Anmelde-Link verfügbar. Sobald die Anmeldeseiten von IBM freigeschaltet sind, erhalten Sie hier auf der Informix Zone den entsprechenden Link:

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

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