Defining Informix Tables

The following properties are applicable to an Informix Table object.

Tab

Property

Description

Additional Information
  Physical Name Specifies the physical name of the table  
Owner Specifies the owner of the table  
Physical Only Specifies whether the table appears in a physical model only  
Generate Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the table during forward engineering  
General Physical Name Specifies the physical name of the table  
Storage Option Specifies the storage distribution scheme for the table

DB Space: Indicates that the table is stored in a DBSpace

Path Name: Indicates that the table data is stored in a file location

Round Robin: Indicates that the table rows are distributed for storage in fragments defined for the table

Expression: Indicates that the table rows are distributed for storage in fragments whose Boolean expression is true for the data in that row
EXTENT_SIZE Specifies the size of the initial extent allocated to the table in bytes  
NEXT_SIZE Specifies the size of the next extent allocated to the table in bytes  
LOCKMODE Specifies the default lock mode for the table

Row: Indicates that the table is locked with row-level granularity.

Page: Indicates that the table is locked with page-level granularity.

IN_DBSPACE Specifies the DBSpace in which the table is stored Available when Storage Option is set to DB Space
PATHNAME_IN Specifies the path in which the table data is stored Available when Storage Option is set to Path Name
WITH_ROWIDS Specifies whether a rowid column is added to the table Available when Storage Option is set to Round Robin
REMAINDER_IN Specifies the DBSpace in which the remainder fragment is stored Available when Storage Option is set to Expression