Sybase 12.4.2 manual Contents

Contents

Starting the server on Windows NT	26
Starting the server from the NT Start menu	26
Typing the server startup command	26
Running the server outside the current session	27
Using command-line switches	28
Naming the server and databases	31
Controlling performance from the command line	33
Controlling permissions from the command line	36
Setting a maximum Catalog page size	37
Setting up a client/server environment	38
Starting a server in forced recovery mode	40
Starting a server from DBISQL	40
Starting multiple servers or clients on the same machine	41
Monitoring server activity	41
Stopping the database server	43
Who can stop the server?	45
Shutting down operating system sessions	45
Starting and stopping databases	46
Starting the asiqdemo database	47
Starting and stopping Sybase Central	48
Connecting a plug-in	49
Stopping Sybase Central	50
Introduction to connections	50
How connections are established	51
Connection parameters specify connections	52
Connection parameters are passed as connection strings	52
Connection parameters are passed as connection strings	53
Simple connection examples	53
Connecting to a database from DBISQL	54
Connecting to other databases from DBISQL	56
Connecting to an embedded database	57
Connecting using a data source	59
Connecting to a server on a network	60
Using default connection parameters	61
Connecting from Adaptive Server IQ utilities	62
Working with ODBC data sources	63
DSNs and FILEDSNs	64
Creating and editing ODBC data sources	65
Configuring ODBC data sources	67
Creating a File Data Source	71
Using ODBC data sources on UNIX	72
Connection parameters	73
Connection parameter priorities	76
How Adaptive Server IQ makes connections	77

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