Inside infx: How the onstat parser works

The majority of information you see from infx has come from the output of the Informix onstat command. Only a small percentage (at this time anyway) comes from the sysmaster database.

There are two reasons for that:

1. onstat is available even when sysmaster isn't
2. onstat outputs loads of information and it's very fast

Simplified management of informix databases

For over 20 years I have been working as a DBA with Informix, and in that time I have been asked by clients to script or automate just about any database related task you can think of.

My latest challenge has been to bring that experience together into a suite of flexible and easy to use utilities.

I have built the basic or "core" version, it's a start, but there are still more areas to be covered.

What this blog is for:

• announcements about the infx software
• discussion about what it does
• discussion about what it should be doing

And the first announcement is that the site, infx.me, is now up with the basic documentation and description of infx.

Up for discussion, am I crazy trying this, or is it about time someone did?