Embedding HCL Informix

These topics describe how to embed HCL Informix® in your applications.

This information is intended for application programmers.

These topics are taken from IBM® Informix Embeddability Guide.

Overview of embedding Informix products
You can embed Informix products in your applications by taking advantage of customizable deployment options and configurable administration features. You can use the embeddability features in combination with other product features for installation footprint reduction and high-availability clustering to achieve a quicker and easier end-to-end deployment solution.
Deploying Informix software
The product supports embeddability tools that enable lightweight, faster deployment of the database server and related client programs.
Informix embeddability deployment tutorial
The purpose of this tutorial is to provide steps and scripts needed for silent end-to-end deployment of HCL Informix on Linux and Windows using the deployment assistant and the deployment utility.
Manage memory in embedded environments
You can manage memory in embedded environments by enabling the database server to automatically rotate and delete online message log files, configuring the actions that the server takes to continue processing when memory is critically low, and enabling the server to reserve a specific amount of memory for use when critical rollback activities are needed and the server has limited free memory.