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"IC54029: MAIN_LOOP() HANGS IN MT_BIND ON VPROC_LIST_LOCK SPIN LOCK OWNED BY KAIO THREAD
During a high-load Win64 test the Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) hung, with main_loop() spinning with the following stack:
"Error "25507 The specified service name or protocol is unknown." when trying to access a remote database via TCP/IP protocol.
This article explains the cause of the error "25507 The specified service name or protocol is unknown." when trying to access a remote database, through the TCP/IP protocol.
"What is a shared memory dump?
This document explains what is a shared memory dump generated by a IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) instance.
"Archive information in reserved pages
How is backup information stored in the reserved pages?
"IDS Ontape archive portability between different operating systems
Is it possible to take an IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) Ontape archive on one operating system and restore it on any other different operating system?
"HDR or Ontape data compatibility between HP Itanium and HP PA-RISC
Is High-Availability Data Replication (HDR) or the Ontape utility compatible between HP Itanium and HP PA-RISC architectures?
"CURRENT function returning identical values within a stored procedure
The CURRENT function returns the same value when called at different times while a stored procedure is running.
"Fix list for Informix Dynamic Server 11.10.xC2W4
Informix Dynamic Server provides periodic fixes for release 11.10. The following is a complete listing of fixes for Version 11.10.xC2W4. The content of Wx versions is cumulative.
"Technical tip: Set up global JNDI mapping for Informix JDBC/JCC connection pooling with Tomcat
IBM Informix Dynamic server (IDS) is known worldwide for being exceptionally easy to manage, offering high availability and high performing online transaction processing capabilities.
"Fix list for Informix Dynamic Server 11.50.xC1W1
Informix Dynamic Server provides periodic fixes for release 11.50. The following is a complete listing of fixes for Version 11.50.xC1W1 PID
"IC57004: USELASTCOMMITTED FEATURE DOES NOT WORK WITH GLOBAL TRANSACTIONS
The USELASTCOMMITTED feature does not work for global transactions when set in ONCONFIG or from sysdbopen.
"IC57011: FAST RECOVERY LOOPS IN ISSAMPLE/ERAND48 WHEN CREATING AN INDEX ON A TABLE CONTAINING LARGE PARTITION BLOBS
On a 64-bit Windows platform, Fast Recovery may loop in issample/erand48 while trying to create an index on a table
"IC57427: MANY "DROPPED CONNECTIONS" RESULT IN LONG WAIT TIME
When the failed count of connections attempts is greater than 50, the listener thread will yield for 60 seconds. If the
"IC56597: DROPPING CPU VPS INCORRECTLY SETS MGM PROCESSORS TO TOTAL NUMBER OF VPS
Reproduction ... onmode -p +1 cpu
"IC56331: ERROR MESSAGES FROM DBEXPORT ARE NOT WRITTEN TO THE DBEXPORT.OUT FILE
When you run dbexport error messages are not written to the dbexport.out file
"IC57431: VPCLASS AIO OR NUMAIOVPS SET TO 0 OR LEFT BLANK MAY SPAWN THOUSANDS OF ONINIT PROCESSES.
On 11.10, if NUMAIOVPS or vplcass aio is set to 0 or left blank (not initialized), the engine , on STARTUP , will
"IC56442: SIMPLE STORED PROCEDURE WITH 8 RETURN VALUES CAN CRASH SERVER IN PCODE_GET_OPCODE()
A simple stored procedure with eight return values can crash the server whenever its p-code is accessed.
"IC57157: ERROR 392 WHEN SELECTING FROM MULTISET UNION WITH EXTEND ON DATE COLUMN YEAR TO MONTH BETWEEN TWO HOST VARIABLES
If you have a SELECT query on a MULTISET UNION which has a BETWEEN comparison on an EXTEND date column YEAR TO MONTH and 2
"IC56768: ABORTING LONG TRANSACTION WHICH UPDATES SMART BLOB IN GLOBAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ERROR -241/-124
Aborting a long transaction which updates a smart blob in a global transaction reports an error -241/-124. A subsequent
"Fix list for Informix Dynamic Server 10.00.xC8W4
Informix Dynamic Server provides periodic fixes for release 10.00. The following is a complete listing of fixes for Version 10.00.xC8W4.