The IBM Informix Web DataBlade module is a collection of tools and functions with components installed in both the Informix database server and the third-party Web server to ease development of intelligent, interactive, and dynamic Web-enabled Informix database applications. In this tutorial, walk through the steps to set up an Apache (2) compatible Web server, such as IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47, to work with the IBM Informix Web DataBlade Module version 4.13.UC3 on UNIX or Linux platforms.

In this article, learn how to install IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.50.FC2 on Mac OS X. Understand the various stages of installation, configuring the system kernel parameters, accessing the database server, and customizing the installation for use with embedded applications.

Jump start building custom modules and sharing them as plug-ins using the Plug-in Manager through the development and creation of an example plug-in for the OAT.

Over the years the popularity of Apache Tomcat has picked up, and so has Informix Dynamic Server. Many users are eager to use these two products together, and in fact are trying to combine and integrate them, but face a few issues in the process. In this article, you’ll learn how to solve these problems as you follow the steps to configure the JNDI DataSource on Tomcat for Informix Dynamic Server.

Protect your most sensitive data by using the Label-Based Access Control (LBAC) feature of IBM Informix Dynamic Server V11 (and later). This article explains what LBAC is, and shows how you can implement it to meet the most demanding security standards.

IBM Informix ESQL/C has many features to reduce the network traffic between server and client thereby, increasing the performance of the application. Understand these features and see you how to use them to achieve maximum performance.

Can Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) run on Linux in Xen hypervisor virtual machines (VM)? Is all OS-specific functionality of IDS usable in a Xen VM? This article is a detailed summary of first experiences with running IDS for Linux in a Xen managed virtual machine. In this article, learn more about the benefits of Xen hypervisor and see how it works. Follow step-by-step guidelines to set up an actual test system, including the Xen virtualization layer. Finally, learn about the results of tests that the authors ran on their IDS environments.

Learn how to analyze IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) performance using the IDS OpenAdmin Tool (OAT). OAT is an open source, Web-based interface to IDS and is supported on version 11.10 and later. Parts 1 and 2 of this series introduced the tool and showed you how to migrate from the Informix Server Administrator. Now, see how easily you can monitor performance through statistical data and charts that give you a quick way to comprehend the information.

Migrate from the Informix Server Administrator (ISA) to the OpenAdmin Tool. Also, learn about the basic capabilities of ISA that are made available on OAT, along with enhanced functionalities and greater ease-of-use.

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) is well known for ease of administration. To make server administration more user friendly, a new open source, platform-independent tool called OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) is now available to IDS users The OpenAdmin Tool provides graphical interface for administrative tasks and performance analysis tools. Introduced with IBM Informix Dynamic Server version 11.10, it is a PHP-based, Web browser administration tool that gives you the ability to administer multiple database server instances from a single location. This article highlights some of the most useful features of OAT and helps you get started.

A relative newcomer to the IBM software portfolio, IBM Data Studio software is a revolutionary approach to managing data and data-centric applications throughout the lifecycle, from requirements to retirement. This overview article explains both the vision and reality of Data Studio and how you -- whether a data architect, developer or tester, DBA, or data steward -- can use Data Studio today to improve productivity, increase quality of service, and encourage greater alignment across IT roles.

The IBM Migration Toolkit has been enhanced to include new capabilities for migrating from MySQL to DB2 or Informix. In this article, you'll learn how the toolkit can help you migrate DDL and DML statements, and see how to map data types.