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AdministeringIn addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
System administrationThese topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning HCL Informix® database servers.
High-Performance Loader User's GuideThe describes how to use the HCL Informix® to load and unload large quantities of data efficiently to or from Informix® databases.
Define formatsThis section describes the formats that the provides and shows how to prepare and edit the format component.
Fixed-length records
Editing a formatAfter you create and save a format, you might need to add a new field, insert a new field, edit a field, or delete a field. The process for editing an existing format is essentially the same, regardless of the file type.

Editing a format

After you create and save a format, you might need to add a new field, insert a new field, edit a field, or delete a field. The process for editing an existing format is essentially the same, regardless of the file type.

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The following example uses a fixed-format file, but the same procedure applies to COBOL and delimited files also.

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