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Informix Dynamic Server 10.0

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UPDATES: Release notes and documentation notes for 10.00.xC10 The Enterprise Replication Guide was updated for IDS 10.00.xC9, as noted below, but was not retranslated. In the English version, new material for xC9 is marked with a number 9 change bar in the left margin. Release notes and documentation notes for 10.00.xC9 Release notes and documentation notes for 10.00.xC8 Release notes and documentation notes for 10.00.xC7 Several manuals were updated for IDS 10.00.xC3 and xC4, as noted below, but were not retranslated. In the English versions, new material for xC3 is marked with a number 3 change bar in the left margin, and for xC4 with a number 4.
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Administrator's Guide (updated) G251-2267-02 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual is both a user guide and a reference manual to the features of IBM Informix Dynamic Server. It is intended to help you understand, configure, and use your database server.	PDF	HTML
Administrator's Reference (updated) G251-2268-01 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual provides reference material for IBM Informix Dynamic Server. It provides the syntax of database server utilities such as onmode and onstat, and comprehensive descriptions of configuration parameters, the sysmasters tables, and logical-log records.	PDF	HTML
Backup and Restore Guide G251-2269-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual explains the concepts and methods that you need to understand when you use the ON-Bar and ontape utilities to back up and restore data.	PDF	HTML
Built-In DataBlade Modules User's Guide (updated; formerly Large Object Locator DataBlade Module User's Guide) G251-2770-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual explains how to use the IBM Informix Large Object Locator DataBlade module and the IBM Informix MQ DataBlade module.	PDF	HTML
Database Design and Implementation Guide G251-2271-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual provides information to help you design, implement, and manage your IBM Informix databases. It includes data models that illustrate different approaches to database design and shows you how to use Structured Query Language (SQL) to implement and manage your databases.	PDF	HTML
DataBlade API Function Reference (updated) G251-2272-01 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the DataBlade API functions and the subset of ESQL/C functions that the DataBlade API supports. This C-language application programming interface is provided with IBM Informix Dynamic Server. You can use the DataBlade API to develop client LIBMI applications and C user-defined routines that access data in an IBM Informix Dynamic Server database.	PDF	HTML
DataBlade API Programmer's Guide (updated) G251-2273-01 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the DataBlade API, the C-language application-programming interface provided with Dynamic Server. You use the DataBlade API to develop client and server applications that access data stored in a Dynamic Server database.	PDF	HTML
DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide G251-2274-00 The DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide describes how to develop and package DataBlade modules using BladeSmith and BladePack.	PDF	HTML
DataBlade Module Development Overview G251-2275-00 This manual provides a basic orientation for DataBlade module development. It begins with a conceptual overview of DataBlade modules, then provides a specific example illustrating the development of a DataBlade module. Two appendixes discuss current DataBlade module documentation and several released DataBlade modules.	PDF	HTML
DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide G251-2276-00 This guide explains how to install DataBlade modules and use the Blade Manager application to manage DataBlade modules in Informix databases. BladeManager runs on client computers and requires a connection to Informix Dynamic Server.	PDF	HTML
DB-Access User's Guide G251-2277-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes how to use the DB-Access utility to access, modify, and retrieve data from IBM Informix databases.	PDF	HTML
Embedded SQLJ User's Guide G251-2278-00 This manual contains information about using IBM Informix Embedded SQLJ. IBM Informix Embedded SQLJ enables you to embed SQL statements in your Java programs. It consists of the SQLJ translator, which translates SQLJ code into Java code, and a set of Java classes that provide runtime support for SQLJ programs. When you run an SQLJ program, it uses IBM Informix JDBC Driver to connect to an IBM Informix database.	PDF	HTML
Enterprise Replication Guide (updated for xC9) G251-2279-02 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC7, xC8, xC9: see links in the UPDATES section above. This guide describes how to design, implement, and manage an Enterprise Replication system to replicate data between multiple database servers.	PDF	HTML
Error Messages (updated for xC6) GI11-8266-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This file includes causes and solutions for numbered error messages that you might receive when you work with IBM Informix products.		HTML
Getting Started Guide (updated) G251-2281-02 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide describes the products bundled with IBM Informix Dynamic Server and the interoperability with other IBM products. The guide summarizes important features of Dynamic Server and the new features for each version.	PDF	HTML
GLS User's Guide, v4.5 (G229-6373-00) Documentation notes, v4.5 This manual describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature, which allows IBM Informix application-programming interfaces (APIs) and database servers to handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets.
Guide to SQL: Reference G251-2283-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide provides information on the following topics: IBM Informix databases, data types, system catalog tables, environment variables, and the stores_demo demonstration database. It also contains a glossary.	PDF	HTML
Guide to SQL: Syntax (updated) G251-2284-02 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide provides detailed descriptions of the syntax for all IBM Informix SQL and SPL statements.	PDF	HTML
Guide to SQL: Tutorial G251-2285-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide provides a tutorial on SQL, as implemented by IBM Informix products. It describes the basic ideas and terms that are used when you work with a relational database.	PDF	HTML
High-Performance Loader User's Guide G251-2286-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes how to access and use the High-Performance Loader (HPL), a feature of Dynamic Server that allows you to load and unload large quantities of data to and from an IBM Informix database.	PDF	HTML
Informix Server Administrator README file, v1.60.UC3 Informix Server Administrator (ISA) is a browser-based, cross-platform database server administration tool. ISA provides an easy-to-use interface to access every Informix database server command-line function. Documentation for ISA is provided by help files integrated into the product.		HTML
Installation Guide for Windows Platforms (updated) G251-2776-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide contains instructions for installing IBM Informix Dynamic Server on Windows.	PDF	HTML
Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux (updated) G251-2777-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide contains instructions for installing IBM Informix Dynamic Server on UNIX and Linux.	PDF	HTML
JDBC Driver Programmer's Guide G251-2290-00 Documentation notes, v3.00.JC1 Documentation notes, v3.00.JC2 Documentation notes, v3.00.JC3 This guide describes how to install, load, and use IBM Informix JDBC Driver to connect to an Informix database from within a Java application or applet. You can also use IBM Informix JDBC Driver for writing user-defined routines that are executed in the server.	PDF	HTML
J/Foundation Developer's Guide G251-2291-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes how to write user-defined routines (UDRs) in the Java programming language for IBM Informix Dynamic Server with J/Foundation.	PDF	HTML
Master Index of the IDS 10.0 documentation set (updated) G251-2442-02 This is a combined index of all indexes in the IDS 10.0 documentation set, with hypertext links to the manuals.	PDF
Migration Guide G251-2293-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide describes conversion to and reversion from the latest versions of Informix database servers, and migration between different Informix database servers.	PDF	HTML
ODBC Driver Programmer's Manual, v3.0 (G229-6383-00) Documentation notes, v3.00.TC1 (Windows) This manual is a user guide and reference manual for IBM Informix ODBC Driver, which is the Informix implementation of the Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface, Version 3.0. This manual explains how to use the IBM Informix ODBC Driver application programming interface (API) to access an Informix database and interact with an Informix database server.
Optical Subsystem Guide G251-2295-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the Optical Subsystem, a utility that supports the storage of BYTE and TEXT data on optical disk.	PDF	HTML
Performance Guide G251-2296-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This guide provides information on how to configure and operate IBM Informix Dynamic Server to achieve optimum performance.	PDF	HTML
R-Tree Index User's Guide G251-2297-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the IBM Informix R-tree secondary access method and how to access and use its components. It describes how to create an R-tree index on appropriate data types, how to create a new operator class that uses the R-tree access method to index a user-defined data type, and how to manage databases that use the R-tree secondary access method.	PDF	HTML
Release Notes for v10.00.UC6 for UNIX and Linux
Release Notes for v10.00.TC6 for Windows Platforms
Release Notes for v10.00.UC5 for UNIX and Linux
Release Notes for v10.00.TC5 for Windows Platforms
Release Notes for v10.00.UC4 for UNIX and Linux
Release Notes for v10.00.TC4 for Windows Platforms
Release Notes for v10.00.UC3 for UNIX and Linux
Release Notes for v10.00.TC3 for Windows Platforms
Release Notes for v10.00.UC1 for UNIX and Linux
Release Notes for v10.00.TC1 for Windows Platforms
SNMP Subagent Guide G251-2298-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the IBM Informix subagent that allows a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) network manager to monitor the status of IBM Informix database servers.	PDF	HTML
Storage Manager Administrator's Guide G251-2299-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes IBM Informix Storage Manager (ISM), which manages storage devices and media for your IBM Informix database server. ISM also performs ON-Bar backup and restore operations.	PDF	HTML
Trusted Facility Guide G251-2300-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes the secure-auditing capabilities of Dynamic Server, including the creation and maintenance of audit logs.	PDF	HTML
User-Defined Routines and Data Types Developer's Guide G251-2301-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual describes how to define new data types and enable user-defined routines (UDRs) to extend IBM Informix Dynamic Server. It describes the tasks you must perform to extend operations on data types, to create new casts, to extend operator classes for secondary-access methods, to write opaque data types, and to create and register routines.	PDF	HTML
Virtual-Index Interface Programmer's Guide G251-2302-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual explains how to create a secondary access method with the Virtual-Index Interface (VII) to extend the built-in indexing schemes of IBM Informix Dynamic Server, typically with a DataBlade module.	PDF	HTML
Virtual-Table Interface Programmer's Guide G251-2303-00 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC1 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC3 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC4 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC5 Documentation notes, v10.00.xC6 This manual explains how to create a primary access method with the Virtual-Table Interface (VTI) so that users have a single SQL interface to IBM Informix tables and to data that does not conform to the storage scheme of IBM Informix Dynamic Server.	PDF	HTML