Version 25.3.9396

• Prerequisites
  • Download the Native JDBC Driver and the CDC API
• Set Up Informix for Enhanced CDC
• Add the Informix Connector
• Authenticate to Informix
• Complete Your Connection

You can use the Informix connector from the CData Sync application to capture data from Informix and move it to any supported destination. To do so, you need to add the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

Prerequisites

Before you add your Informix connector, you need to download the JDBC driver and the CDC API as well as to set up Informix to use the CData Sync application’s enhanced change data capture (CDC) capability.

Download the Native JDBC Driver and the CDC API

Install the native IBM Informix JDBC driver and the CDC API, as follows:

1. Download the Informix driver and the API from the links below and copy them into InstallationDirectory/lib:

   • Informix JDBC driver: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/ibm/informix/jdbc/4.50.11/jdbc-4.50.11.jar.

   • Informix CDC API: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/ibm/informix/ifx-changestream-client/1.1.3/ifx-changestream-client-1.1.3.jar

   Note: Because the JAR files are located in InstallationDirectory, you need to put these files on every machine that you use for a cluster environment.

Set Up Informix for Enhanced CDC

Perform the following steps to enable the Change Data Capture API in Informix:

1. Run the following script as the Informix user from the $INFORMIXDIR/etc directory:

   syscdcv1.sql

2. Verify that the syscdcv1 database exists by creating a connection to it as the user Informix.

3. Set the DB_LOCALE environment variable (on your Sync machine) to match the locale of the database from which you are capturing data.

Note: The INTERVAL type is not supported by Informix Change Stream client in the CDC API.

For details about using enhanced CDC, see Enhanced CDC Jobs in CData Sync.

Add the Informix Connector

To enable Sync to use data from Informix, you first must add the connector, as follows:

1. Open the Connections page of the Sync dashboard.

2. Click Add Connection to open the Select Connectors page.

3. Click the Sources tab and locate the Informix (Native) row.

4. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Informix (Native) connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections.

Authenticate to Informix

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

• Connection Name - Enter a connection name of your choice.

• Host - Enter your IBM Informix host name.

• Port - Enter the port number that connects to the server that hosts your Informix database. The default port value is 1526.

• Database - Enter the name of your Informix database.

• User - Enter the username that you use to authenticate to your Informix database.

• Password - Enter the password that you use to authenticate to your Informix database.

Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

1. Define advanced connection settings on the Advanced tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)

2. Click Create & Test to create your connection.