Product names and packaging

Before Sybase introduced Enterprise Connect™ Data Access (ECDA) 12.5, its options were sold as individual DirectConnect™ products named “DirectConnect for [target].” You will see the name “DirectConnect” used in the software and in documents. This document uses the old product names except for the title page. Past and current option names are as follows:

Table 1: Individual DirectConnect products/packaging

Old product name

Current option name

DirectConnect for DB2 UDB

Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for DB2 UDB

DirectConnect for Informix

Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for Informix

DirectConnect Manager

Part of each Enterprise Connect Data Access Option and still called DC Manager

DirectConnect for Microsoft SQL Server

Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for Microsoft SQL Server

DirectConnect for ODBC

Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for ODBC

DirectConnect for Oracle

Enterprise Connect Data Access Option for Oracle