IBM Informix with DBine
How to connect DBine to IBM Informix and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the IBM Informix driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick IBM Informix in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
Default port: 9088.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server required | Example: localhost |
| Port | Example: 9088 |
| Server name (INFORMIXSERVER) required | The instance name, as in the INFORMIXSERVER variable or in sqlhosts. Example: ol_informix1210 |
| Database required | |
| User | |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| ODBC driver | ODBC driver name as shown in odbcinst.ini. It comes with IBM Informix Client SDK (CSDK), downloadable from the IBM site. Default: IBM INFORMIX ODBC DRIVER |
| Read-only | On or off. |
SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Additional attributes | They are appended to the end of the ODBC connection string and replace the ones with the same name (TLS, timeouts, character set, Kerberos or Windows integrated security…). Example: Key=Value;OtherKey=Value |
| Script sending | How a script is sent to the server. If the engine accepts several statements per request, “All text at once” keeps blocks such as BEGIN … END intact. Options: One statement at a time (separated by ;), Blocks separated by GO, All the text at once Default: One statement at a time (separated by ;) |
| ODBC library | Path to the ODBC driver manager (libodbc.2.dylib, libodbc.so.2 or odbc32.dll), only if it isn't found in the usual paths. A file on this computer. |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Databases, each with its schemas. Inside each one:
- Tables
- Views
- Procedures
- Functions
- Sequences
- Synonyms
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New view
- New procedure
- New function
- New trigger
- New sequence
Tools for IBM Informix
Available
- Server monitor
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Rename objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Users and permissions
- Backups
Not available for IBM Informix
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Clone tables
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the IBM Informix driver 0.1.11, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to IBM Informix.