Connection strings for Sybase Adaptive

ASE ADO.NET Data Provider

Type .NET Framework Class Library
 Usage Sybase.Data.AseClient.AseConnection
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and class library downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Data Source='myASEserver';Port=5000;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Using the sql.ini file

If the server isn't aliased, you have to use the ip address and port number in the connection string, not ideal as these may change occassionally. Installing sybase on a machine, you will have a "sql.ini" file that maps an alias name to an ip address and a port. That file can be rolled out to all users, and the sql.ini updated when necessary. Use the following connection string to force the AseConnection object to use the interface file.

    
DSURL='file://c:\sybase\ini\sql.ini?SQL_MIDOFF_OPC1';Database=myDataBase;UID=myUsername;
PWD=myPassword;APP=myAppName;
 
 

Adaptive Server Anywhere OLE DB Provider

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=ASAProv
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and provider downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Provider=ASAProv;Data source=myASA;
 
 

TCP/IP

    
Provider=ASAProv.90;Eng=server.database_name;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
Links=tcpip(Host=servername);

Use this when connecting to a server located on the other side of a router. Without the Links=tcpip(Host=servername) the error "Server could not be found" can arise when connecting.

 
 

Adaptive Server Anywhere ODBC Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver=Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Driver=Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0;ENG=server.database_name;UID=myUsername;
PWD=myPassword;DBN=myDataBase;LINKS=TCPIP(HOST=serverNameOrAddress);
 
 

Specific port

    
Driver=Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0;ENG=server.database_name;UID=myUsername;
PWD=myPassword;DBN=myDataBase;LINKS=TCPIP(HOST=serverNameOrAddress:1234);
 
 

Multiple servers

    
Driver=Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0;ENG=server.database_name;UID=myUsername;
PWD=myPassword;DBN=myDataBase;LINKS=TCPIP(HOST=Server1,Server2);
 
 

Multiple servers with different TCP/IP ports

    
Driver=Adaptive Server Anywhere 7.0;ENG=server.database_name;UID=myUsername;
PWD=myPassword;DBN=myDataBase;LINKS=TCPIP(HOST=Server1:3322,Server2:7799);
 
 

Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=ASEOLEDB
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and provider downloads

Set example values

With Data Source .IDS file

    
Provider=Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider;Data source=myASE;

Note that you must create a Data Source .IDS file using the Sybase Data Administrator. These .IDS files resemble ODBC DSNs.

 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) alternative 1

    
Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider;Srvr=myASEserver,5000;Catalog=myDataBase;
User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

Some reports on problem using the above one, try the following as an alternative.

 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) alternative 2

    
Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider;Server Name=myASEserver,5000;
Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

Some other reports on problem using the above one, try the following as an alternative

 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5

    
Provider=Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider.2;Server Name=myASEserver;Server Port Address=5000;
Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

This one works only from Open Client 12.5 where the server port number feature works, allowing fully qualified connection strings to be used without defining any .IDS Data Source files.

 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.0

    
Provider=ASEOLEDB;Data Source=myASEserver:5000;Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;
Password=myPassword;
 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.0 alternative

This one is included because of reported problems with using the "Catalog" key which was solved by using the 12.5 syntax key "Initial Catalog" instead.

    
Provider=ASEOLEDB;Data Source=myASEserver:5000;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;
User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and wrapper class library downloads

Set example values

Use an OLE DB provider from .NET

    
Provider=any oledb provider's name;OledbKey1=someValue;OledbKey2=someValue;

See the respective OLEDB provider's connection strings options. The .net OleDbConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified OLEDB provider. Read more here.

 
 

Adaptive Server Enterprise ODBC driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={Adaptive Server Enterprise}
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0

    
Driver={Adaptive Server Enterprise};app=myAppName;server=myServerAddress;
port=myPortnumber;db=myDataBase;uid=myUsername;pwd=myPassword;

The key "app" is optional

 
 

Standard Sybase System 12 Enterprise Open Client

    
Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};Srvr=myServerAddress;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Standard Sybase System 12.5 Enterprise Open Client

    
Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};NA=Hostname,Portnumber;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

TDS based ODBC driver (from Sybase OCS 12.5)

    
Driver={Sybase ASE ODBC Driver};NetworkAddress=myServerAddress,5000;Db=myDataBase;
Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Standard Sybase System 11

    
Driver={SYBASE SYSTEM 11};Srvr=myServerAddress;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
Database=myDataBase;
 
 

Intersolv 3.60

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={INTERSOLV 3.60 32-BIT Sybase}
 Manufacturer DataDirect Technologies
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Driver={INTERSOLV 3.60 32-BIT Sybase};Srvr=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;
Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Intersolv 3.10

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={INTERSOLV 3.10 32-BIT Sybase}
 Manufacturer DataDirect Technologies
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Intersolv 3.10

    
Driver={INTERSOLV 3.10 32-BIT Sybase};Srvr=myServerAddress;Uid=myUsername;
Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Sybase SQL Anywhere (former Watcom SQL) ODBC driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver=Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0
 Manufacturer Sybase
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Default local database engine

    
Driver={Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0};DefaultDir=c:\dbfolder\;Dbf=c:\mydatabase.db;
Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Dsn="";

The empty DSN parameter could be critical if experiencing error 7778.

Remember to start the connection string with "odbc:" if you are using PHP PDO_ODBC

 
 

Database engine not running

    
Driver={Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0};Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
EngineName=myServerAddress;DatabaseName=myDataBase;Start=c:\sqlany50\win32\dbclient.exe;
DatabaseSwitches=-commandSwitch1 -commandSwitch2;DatabaseFile=c:\pb\ex\psdemodb.db;AutoStop=NO;

If AutoStop is set to YES then the database is unloaded automatically as soon as there are no more open connections to it.

When the engine starts the database specified by DatabaseFile, the engine will use the supplied DatabaseSwitches as command line options to determine startup options for the database. The Sybase manual contains a List of DatabaseSwitch values.

 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and wrapper class library downloads

Set example values

Use an ODBC driver from .NET

    
Driver={any odbc driver's name};OdbcKey1=someValue;OdbcKey2=someValue;

See the respective ODBC driver's connection strings options. The .net OdbcConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified ODBC driver. Read more here.

 
 

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