Connecting To a Running Database On a Local Server

When the database is already running on a local server, you may specify fewer Connect dialog parameters than usual.

Start Sybase Central or Interactive SQL and open the Connect dialog (if it doesn’t appear automatically.)
On the Identification tab of the dialog, enter a user ID and a password.
Do one of the following:
- If the server only contains the one database, click OK to connect to it.
- If the server contains multiple databases, click the Database tab of the dialog and specify a database name. This is usually the database file name, without the path or extension.

Note:

If the database is already loaded (started) on the server, you only need to provide a database name for a successful connection. The database file is not necessary.