IBM Informix connection

To access your data in an IBM Informix database, create a connection asset for it.

IBM Informix is a database that contains relational, object-relational, or dimensional data. You can use the Informix connection to access data from an on-prem Informix database server or from IBM Informix on Cloud.

Supported Informix versions (on-prem)

  • Informix 14.10 and later. This version does not support the Progress DataDirect JDBC driver, which is used by the Informix connection. The Informix connection supports Informix 14.10 features that are comparable to previous Informix versions, but not the new features. Issues related to DataDirect's JDBC driver are not supported.
  • Informix 14.10
  • Informix 15.0

Create a connection to Informix

To create the connection asset, specify these connection details:

  • Database server name
  • Database name You don't have to specify the database. With no database specified, you can import metadata from every database that is available for that connection.
  • Hostname or IP address
  • Port number The default is 1526.
  • Username and password

For Credentials, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project
Click Assets > New asset > Prepare data > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog
Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space
Click Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance

This connection is FIPS-compliant and can be used on a FIPS-enabled cluster.

Informix setup

To set up Informix, see these topics:

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Guide to SQL: Syntax in the product documentation for the correct syntax.

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Parent topic: Supported connections