IBM Informix Interview Questions
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An index is reaching a limitation on the number of pages it has, can you explain why this limitation exists and what work you would do to get around it?

IBM,

70

can I ask about perl, dbi and dbd informix? Other products?

IBM,

59

can I install informix on a non-english version of windows nt?

IBM,

68

explain pdq priority?

IBM,

67

explain about light scans in informix?

IBM,

63

explain checkpoints and why in 9.4 they were better than in previous versions of the engine?

IBM,

52

explain the concept of fragment elimination in informix ?

IBM,

61

explain the purpose of optimizer directives and how/why you would use them

IBM,

53

how could you increase the speed of ontape/onbar backups ?

IBM,

57

how would you check that a given index is consistent and has no corruption? If corruption occurred on a database what would your process be?

IBM,

90

how would you convert a secondary server into a primary server ?

IBM,

112

I think I screwed up my onconfig file, and I do not have a backup of it. What should I do?

IBM,

64

mention the database server operating modes available for informix?

IBM,

57

somehow informix fails to go online. Is there a way to view what oninit is doing?

IBM,

59

what are the database server operating modes available for informix? Explain each.

IBM,

66


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what is the size of informix page?

181


what are the database server operating modes available for informix? Explain each.

66


why do foreground writes decrease performance ?

59


what is informix universal server?

66


What are the informix isolation levels?

47


what are the options/commands used which dbspace a database resides?

65


what rules exist regarding format, content, flame wars, etc

64


Can you explain pdq priority?

114


what is a binary large object ?

55


who developed informix?

55


explain the concept of fragment elimination in informix ?

61


what is informix instance?

51


What is a database object in ibm informix?

74


what are the informix isolation levels and can you explain each one ?

50


why is update statistics important to a database?

60