Starting Sybase Central

This section provides steps for starting Sybase Central and using the SQL Anywhere plug-in to connect to the sample database—SQL Anywhere 11 Demo—on Windows and Unix.

To start Sybase Central and connect to the sample database (Windows)

  1. From the Start menu, choose Programs » SQL Anywhere 11 » Sybase Central.

    Sybase Central opens.

  2. In the Welcome To Sybase Central window, click View And Edit The Schema Or Perform Maintenance On A Database.

    If the Welcome To Sybase Central window does not appear, choose Connections » Connect With SQL Anywhere 11.

    The Connect window appears.

  3. On the Identification tab, select ODBC Data Source Name, and then in the box below, type SQL Anywhere 11 Demo.

  4. Click OK to connect.

To start Sybase Central (Mac OS X)

  1. In the Finder, double-click Sybase Central in /Applications/SQLAnywhere11.

  2. In the Welcome To Sybase Central window, click View And Edit The Schema Or Perform Maintenance On A Database.

    If the Welcome To Sybase Central window does not appear, choose Connections » Connect With SQL Anywhere 11.

    The Connect window appears.

  3. On the Identification tab, select ODBC Data Source Name, and then in the box below, type SQL Anywhere 11 Demo.

  4. Click OK to connect.

Note

The following steps assume that you have already sourced the SQL Anywhere utilities. See Setting environment variables on Unix and Mac OS X.

To start Sybase Central and connect to the sample database (Unix command line)

  1. In a terminal session, enter the following command:

    scjview

    Sybase Central opens.

  2. In the Welcome To Sybase Central window, click View And Edit The Schema Or Perform Maintenance On A Database.

    If the Welcome To Sybase Central window does not appear, choose Connections » Connect With SQL Anywhere 11.

    The Connect window appears.

  3. On the Identification tab, select ODBC Data Source Name and then type SQL Anywhere 11 Demo.

The following steps can be used if you are using a version of Linux that supports the Linux Applications menu and if you chose to install the menu items when you installed SQL Anywhere 11.

To start Sybase Central and connect to the sample database (Linux Applications menu)

  1. From the Applications menu, choose SQL Anywhere 11 » Sybase Central.

    Sybase Central opens.

  2. In the Welcome To Sybase Central window, click View And Edit The Schema Or Perform Maintenance On A Database.

    If the Welcome To Sybase Central window does not appear, choose Connections » Connect With SQL Anywhere 11.

    The Connect window appears.

  3. On the Identification tab, select ODBC Data Source Name and then type SQL Anywhere 11 Demo.

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