What’s New in 9.30

1. What’s New in 9.30 Joe Kennedy & Warren Heising IBM Software GroupData Management Solutions joekenn@us.ibm.com heising@us.ibm.com

2. Overview • Administration and Usability • Performance • Enterprise Replication • Application Development • Extensibility

3. Usability – UNIX Bundle Installer • 0) All Products listed below (except JDBC 1.50) • 1) Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 • 2) Informix IConnect • 3) Informix JDBC version 1.50 (should not be installed with JDBC 2.20) • 4) Informix JDBC version 2.20 • 5) Informix System Administrator • 6) Configure a Demo IDS Server (requires IDS) • Enter the number of the products to install, separated by spaces • (i.e. "1 2 4"): • Simplifies installation of components • Installs components in correct order • Creates a demo server if needed • Supports role separation • Also supports ‘silent’ install

4. Usability – ISA 1.40 • Server Setup • Remote monitoring • HDR compatibility • Connection counts • SQLHOSTS edit

5. Performance • Shared statement cache • Fuzzy checkpoints • Dynamic Logging • Dynamic Lock Management • MaxConnect support

6. Shared Statement Cache • Query plans shared between connections • Big benefits for sites with lots of users and only one or two applications SELECT F.First, B.Second FROM Foo F, Bar B WHERE F.A = B.A AND F.C = :C1 AND B.C = :C2; CPU-VP IDS Plan (C1, C2) { } SELECT F.First, B.Second FROM Foo F, Bar B WHERE F.A = B.A AND F.C = :C1 AND B.C = :C2;

7. Fuzzy Checkpoints • Not all dirty pages are flushed • Write-ahead logging ensures consistency in a fast recovery • Shortens checkpoint duration • Allows larger buffer pools without impacting OLTP performance

8. New log Performance – Dynamic Logging • Eliminates server hangs due to long transactions • New onconfig parameter DYNAMIC_LOGs • Server can automatically insert and use a new log file • DBA can also add new logs without quiescing the system • New logs are usable immediately • No need to archive rootdbs

9. Dynamic Lock Management • IDS will add locks on the fly if lock table overflows • Prevents application hangs • Message written • DBA can adjust lock table size later

10. SQL Clients MaxConnect IDS Performance - MaxConnect • Multiplex database connections • NO CHANGE required for existing applications • Increase scalability • Reduce response times

11. Enterprise Replication • Improved Performance • DataSync dynamic parallelism • Stable queue management improvements • Partial update row support • Extended Support • SBLOB support • Opaque data type support • Miscellaneous • Support for serial primary keys • Inplace alter for CRCOLS • Replicate Sets

12. Explain without Execute Configurable default log mode Statement memory usage REVOKE ..AS USER DELETE TABLE (no FROM) Support for MTS/XA Application Development • $ onstat -g stm 8 • Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.xx --On-Line-- 1024 Kbytes • session 8 --------------------------------------------------- • sdblock heapsz statement ('*' = Open cursor) • a97b018 10424 * select * from tb • a97b110 8368 insert into tb values (?) • a97b208 5120 <SPL statement>

13. Server Studio Java Edition • Database Object Explorer • SQL Editor • Table Editor • Other tools are available from AGS, including a stored procedure debugger.

14. User-defined types (UDT’s) Distinct, opaque Table/type inheritance Functional indexes R-Tree indexes Smart large objects Complex types Row, set, multiset, list Polymorphism User-defined routines (UDR’s) User-defined aggregates Primary/secondary access methods Extensibility Benefit: The database adapts to suit your business

15. UDT’s and UDR’s • User-Defined Data Types (UDT’s) • define your own data structures • e.g. a parts explosion stays a parts explosion • the database accommodates the “shape” of the data • User-Defined Routines (UDR’s) • define your own operations • a single statement replaces a procedure • put business logic in the database

16. A Trivial but Powerful Example Create a user-defined function…. create function area (radius real) returning real; return radius * radius * 22 /7 ; end function; Then you can… select id, area(radius_col) as the_area from mytable where area(radius_col) < :QArea ;And also… CREATE INDEX mytable_ndx1 ON mytable (area(radius_col) ); Benefit: Put your business logic in the server!

17. A More Complex Example • Raise the level of abstraction at the database level. • Buy components to solve common problems, and build components to achieve a competitive edge -- Object-Relational System -- CREATE TABLE e_Yellow_Pages ( Name VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, Business Business_Type NOT NULL, Description Document NOT NULL, LocationGeoPoint NOT NULL, Occupied SET(Period NOT NULL ) ); -- “Show me available service stations specializing -- in Porsche brakes within 30 Km of where I am?” -- SELECT Y.Name FROM e_Yellow_Pages Y WHEREContains ( Y.Location, Circle(:GPS_Loc, ‘30 Miles’ ) ) AND Y.Business MATCH “Automotive Service” ANDDocContains(Y.Description, “Porsche AND brakes”) AND NOTBooked (Y.Occupied, Period(TODAY,TODAY+5)); --

18. External Data Excel Worksheet Client Browser Excel Other... External Data Database Table IDS Virtual Table Interface (VTI) • Integration of external data • A single interface that uses a single access mechanism for ALL data • Transparent to users Benefit: meets the heterogeneous reality that most users confront

19. Clients APPLET Java DBDK JavaBean JavaBean EJB JavaBean RMI / Corba / IIOP WEB SERVER APPLET JavaBean JavaBean Java EJB EJB JVM Java-in-the-Server: J/Foundation A Java Virtual Machine • Java stored procedures • Java DataBlades • INTEGRATED, not bolted-on! B

20. DataBlade Modules • Use where relational doesn’t solve business problem • New data types (spatial, text, video, etc.) • Plug-ins that function as integral part of server • Incorporate new data types to your business without having to start from scratch Benefit: the powerful functionality you need, built into the server

21. Informix DataBlades • TimeSeries, NAG and RealTime Loader • Spatial • Geodetic • Excalibur Text Search • Video Foundation • Image Foundation • C-ISAM • Web

22. Excalibur Text DataBlade • Full text indexing • Extremely rapid query results • Support for over 200 file formats • Highlighting of text "hits" within original documents • Automatically indexes text in virtually any format • Feature-rich • Thesaurus support • Multiple stop-word lists • Boolean, phrase, proximity searching

23. Using Time Series Data Blades: Shared Memory TimeSeries Real-time Market Feeds NAG Traders Reuters RTLoader Bloomberg IDS Bridge Analysts Disks B

24. Spatial DataBlade 8.11 • Provides • R-tree indexing • Support for ER • Nearest neighbor function • Includes • A data loader • A Java-based visualization tool • Worldwide sample spatial data

25. What IDS 9.30 Beta Customers Say... “What I like most about Informix products and particularly IDS 9.3 is the ease-of-administration, efficiency, and its ability to work well with OLTP... The replication technology in IDS 9.3 improved our transaction processing from 400 to 1200 per second.” David Link DBA West Interactive

26. What IDS 9.30 Beta Customers Say (cont’d) “Informix has always had a reputation as a heavy lifter in the database world... The performance related features of Informix IDS are a DBA’s dream.” Jon Lusty DBA Berkley Information Systems

27. Product Roadmap • Remove scalability limits • Further simplification of manageability • Integrated support for other IBM products • Maintain openness • Other features still under evaluation

28. Summary Smart optimization minimizes tuning overhead Easy overrides when necessary Business logic in the database Reliable data replication across a global organization Performance for the Real World

29. IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.30 IBM Software GroupData Management Solutions