. Launching the Create SQL Anywhere Database utility. You can access this utility from the Utilities folder for the ODBC interface in the Database profile or Database painter when PowerBuilder is running on your computer.
How ODBC connect to SQL Anywhere 12. You have to rebuild the version 5 database in version 12 format and then replace the SQLA version 5 ODBC data source with a version 12 one with the same name. Is this an application that you/your company wrote or is it a third party app. You purchased? How to connect to a Sybase SQL Anywhere v5.0.
This method creates a local SQL Anywhere database on your computer, and also creates the data source definition and database profile for this connection. (For instructions, see in Users Guide.). Creating the database some other way, such as with PowerBuilder running on another user's computer or by using SQL Anywhere outside PowerBuilder. (For instructions, see the SQL Anywhere documentation.). Make sure you have the log file associated with the SQL Anywhere database so that you can fully recover the database if it becomes corrupted. If the log file for the SQL Anywhere database does not exist, the SQL Anywhere database engine creates it.
However, if you are copying or moving a database from another computer or directory, you should copy or move the log file with it. Data source name on the ODBC tab page. User ID and password on the Login tab page. Database file on the Database tab page Use the Help button to get information about fields in the dialog box. (Optional) To select an ODBC translator to translate your data from one character set to another, click the Select button on the ODBC tab. Click OK to save the data source definition. Specifying a Start Line value When the SQL Anywhere ODBC driver cannot find a running personal or network database server using the PATH variable and Database Name setting, it uses the commands specified in the Start Line field to start the database servers.
Specify one of the following commands in the Start Line field on the Database tab page, where n is the version of SQL Anywhere you are using. In the painter - Select timestamp as the default value for the column. (For instructions, see.). In a SQL CREATE TABLE statement - Follow the.
If you are working with the table in the Data Pipeline painter, select the initial value exclude for the special timestamp column from the drop-down list in the Initial Value column of the workspace. You must select exclude as the initial value to exclude the special timestamp column from INSERT or UPDATE statements. For instructions, see in Users Guide.
CREATE TABLE example The following CREATE TABLE statement defines a SQL Anywhere table named timesheet containing three columns: employeeID (integer datatype), hours (decimal datatype), and timestamp (timestamp datatype and timestamp default value): CREATE TABLE timesheet ( employeeID INTEGER, hours DECIMAL, timestamp TIMESTAMP default timestamp ) Not using special timestamp columns If you want to change the default behavior, you can specify that PowerBuilder not treat SQL Anywhere columns named timestamp as Transact-SQL special timestamp columns.
SQL Anywhere Connection Help RazorSQL ships with the JDBC drivers necessary to connect to Sybase SQL Anywhere databases. There is also an ODBC driver available for SQL Anywhere, and if using Windows, users can connect to SQL Anywhere with RazorSQL using ODBC assuming an ODBC datasource has been configured for SQL Anywhere in the ODBC control panel. However, it is recommended that users use the SQL Anywhere JDBC driver that ships with RazorSQL. Connecting to SQL Anywhere via JDBC To connect to a SQL Anywhere database, select the JDBC (JConnect for SQL Anywhere) connection type from the connection type list. Enter any login information if applicable, and then enter the host or ip address of the SQL Anywhere server, and the port SQL Anywhere is listening on (the default is 2638). Next, enter the name of the SQL Anywhere database to connect to.
Connecting to SQL Anywhere via ODBC To connect to SQL Anywhere via ODBC, the SQL Anywhere ODBC driver must be downloaded and installed. Next, an ODBC data source must be set up via the Windows data sources control panel.
See the following link for more information: Manual SQL Anywhere JDBC Information If manually configuring your connection, see the following for JDBC driver class and JDBC URL format.