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Informix Dynamic Server (IDS):

IDS is a best-of-breed, general-purpose online transaction processing (OLTP) database for the enterprise and workgroup which:

• Supports databases up to 4 terabytes.
• Enables dynamic, database-driven Web sites.
• Provides access (queries, etc.) to all client information, whether on IBM’s database or a competitor's.
  
• Links together a few or even hundreds of IDS databases (in stores, distribution centers, etc.).
  
• The highest levels of continuous availability.
  
• Innovative features for achieving unsurpassed transaction rates, optimum response times, ease of management and low total-
• cost-of-operation.
  
• High-performance transactional replication for industry-leading performance.
  
• Replication capabilities for linking stores to distribution centers, distribution centers to corporate headquarters, or any information
• requiring reliable and quick dissemination across a global organization.
  
• World-class service and support organization is available for worldwide clients 24x

Business Benefits:

• Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) - Many typical DBA operations are self-managed by the IDS database. IDS customers
• typically report needing one-third or less of the staff needed to manage competitor’s products.
  
• Shortened development cycles due to rapid deployment capabilities.
  
• Continuous availability is provided by IDS.
  
• High-availability Data Replication (HDR) feature.
  
• Fully integrated business logic through IBM’s parallel-everything DSA architecture. The logic runs where the data is stored,
• dramatically increasing the performance and efficiency of customer applications.
  
• IDS Enterprise Replication (ER) links together a few or even hundreds of IDS databases.
  
• Uniform access to all of a client’s information, regardless of where it resides.
  

Informix 4GL Compiler:
After you have completed development and are ready to move into the production environment, you will want the fastest-possible performance. Informix 4GL Compiler maximizes application performance by taking Informix 4GL source code and compiling it into standard C code — which is then compiled into machine code. Informix 4GL Compiler enables you to take full advantage of the
speed of the computer. The following paragraphs give an overview of the Version 7.32 features, benefits and its value.

Informix 4GL 7.32 will allow users currently on Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)7.x databases to take advantage of the latest function-rich IDS 9.4 server release. It also offers superior IDS 9.x server compatibility with features that support the new SQL data types INT8,SERIAL8 and NCHAR/NVARCHAR.This release also supports the important IDS 9 Long ID feature that allows handling of identifier names up to 128 characters in length.

Highly efficient memory utilization: With the new Dynamic Arrays 4GL 7.32 feature,you can allocate just the amount of memory needed for their arrays,rather than having to preallocate enough space for the worst-case scenarios. Using simple 4GL 7.32 language statements, programmers can dynamically allocate the amount of space actually needed,and then release that space when it is no longer needed. Programmers can also resize dynamic arrays. Finally, dynamic arrays are no longer limited to 32 767 elements.

Informix 4GL Rapid Development System:

Informix 4GL Rapid Development System,the interpreted version of Informix 4GL,helps to increase developer productivity by decreasing compilation time. Developers don ’t have to wait long for programs to compile with Informix 4GL Rapid Development System because the product is optimized to reduce compile times. Code written with Informix 4GL Rapid
Development System is compiled into p-code,read into memory and executed by a p-code runner.

Informix SQL:

IBM Informix® SQL is a database application development system that provides the speed, power, and security required by both large and small database applications. Informix SQL features a suite of five application development tools, including a schema editor, menu builder, SQL editor, forms builder, report writer. It also provides rapid development for green screen terminals and applications which doesn't require the use of programming language. Informix SQL has easy reporting capabilities for quick data analysis and enables customers to quickly get access to their data for evaluation.