Informix

• Verified Versions: 12.10
• Maintainer: Redgate

Supported Versions and Support Levels

• For information regarding the supported version and support levels available, please see Supported Databases for Flyway
• For information regarding the Flyway features available, please see Flyway feature glossary

Driver

Java Usage

Informix support is a separate dependency for Flyway and will need to be added to your Java project to access these features. Informix is found within the flyway-database-informix plugin module.

Maven

Redgate

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.redgate.flyway</groupId>
    <artifactId>flyway-database-informix</artifactId>
</dependency>

Open Source

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
    <artifactId>flyway-database-informix</artifactId>
</dependency>

Gradle

Redgate

dependencies {
    implementation "com.redgate.flyway:flyway-database-informix"
}

Open Source

dependencies {
    implementation "org.flywaydb:flyway-database-informix"
}

SQL Script Syntax

• Standard SQL syntax with statement delimiter GO
• SPL

Compatibility

• Both Informix SQL and SPL statements can be used unchanged in a Flyway migration.

Example

/* Single line comment */
CREATE SEQUENCE seq_2
   INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1
   MAXVALUE 30 MINVALUE 0
   NOCYCLE CACHE 10 ORDER;

CREATE TABLE tab1 (col1 int, col2 int);
INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES (0, 0);

INSERT INTO tab1 (col1, col2) VALUES (seq_2.NEXTVAL, seq_2.NEXTVAL);

/*
Multi-line
comment
*/
-- SPL
CREATE PROCEDURE raise_prices ( per_cent INT, selected_unit CHAR )
	UPDATE stock SET unit_price = unit_price + (unit_price * (per_cent/100) )
	where unit=selected_unit;
END PROCEDURE;

CREATE FUNCTION square ( num INT )
   RETURNING INT;
   return (num * num);
END FUNCTION
   DOCUMENT "USAGE: Update a price by a percentage",
         "Enter an integer percentage from 1 - 100",
         "and a part id number";

-- Placeholder
INSERT INTO ${tableName} (name) VALUES ('Mr. T');

Limitations

• No Support for flyway.schemas due to Informix limitations.
• No Support for DDL transactions due to Informix limitations.