If you try to change a flag of your record, but you don’t want to make any changes on your application
example :
Your product code use to be “Non Tax”
But now to have to be stored at “With GST”
Below is a sample table structure for illustraction purpose
c1 is the key and c2 is the content :-
create table t1
  (
    c1 integer,
    c2 char(20),
    primary key (c1)  constraint c1
  );
Create the procedure and triggle for the update
The triggle only takes effect for INSERT statement :-
create procedure update_t1_prc(pc1 int) returning CHAR(20);
  DEFINE pc2 CHAR(20);
  SELECT c2 into pc2
  from t1
  where c1 = pc1;
  IF pc2 is not null THEN
     LET pc2 = ‘With GST’;
  END IF
  return pc2;
end procedure;
create trigger update_t1_trig
insert on t1
REFERENCING NEW AS n
for each row (execute procedure update_t1_prc(n.c1) into c2);
Now, to some insert.
> insert into t1 values (24,’Non Tax’);
1 row(s) inserted.
> select * from t1 where c1=24;
         c1 c2
         24 With GST
1 row(s) retrieved.
Hope you find this useful
				 
                
			 
			
                
				
					from onstat -g ath output
grep for sm_read
informix@xxxxxxx: onstat -g ath | grep sm_read
 23519    5d7ce028         5aa622d0         1    cond wait  sm_read      8cpu         sqlexec
To trace back the session
grep the 3rd column with onstat -u
informix@devlx005: onstat -u | grep 5aa622d0
5aa622d0         Y–P— 21045    informix 6        5bc6bd48         0    1     0        0
Session ID = 21045
				 
                
			 
			
                
				
					I would like to share this feature with all of you – Informix Archecker.
It can be used to restore/recover (point-in-time) to a new target table (new table name) from backup.
Scenario 2:
–	Someone accidentally performed a mass update for all rows in table “customer” on 2014-08-21 10:48:00.
–	You need to restore & recover (point in time) to a new table called “customer_res” until 2014-08-21 10:46:00. (Current table “customer” will be maintained)
–	Database = stores_demo, Source Table = customer, Target New Table = customer_res
–	You are using Informix Archecker with Netbackup Informix Agent for backup/restore.
Note: Informix Archecker is available since IDS 10.00 or higher.
(1) 2014-08-21 09:50:00:
$ dbaccess stores_demo –
> select count(*) from customer ;
      (count(*))
              28
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