PC-Client Product Descriptions and Directory Layout

Learn about the PC-Client product and directory layout.

Products and Platforms

Product

Description

Software Developer Kit (SDK)

Installed into the OCS-15_0 directory.
  • Open Client (Client Library, dblib)

  • ESQL/C

  • Monitor Client Library

  • ESQL/COBOL

  • XA

Installed into the DataAccess directory:
  • ODBC (Windows and Linux only) – a driver used to connect to Adaptive Server from ODBC based applications.

  • OLEDB (Windows only) – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from OLE DB-based applications.

  • ADO.NET (Windows only) – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from .NET based applications.

Shared

The shared directory contains components and libraries that are shared by several other components. In earlier versions, this directory was named Shared.
  • Sybase Central 6 – Sybase Central is a Java-based framework used by the system management tools.

  • JRE – The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a runtime Java virtual machine used to execute Java-based programs such as Sybase Central.

Adaptive Server Plug-in

Installed into ASEP directory. This plug-in contains the management software for managing Adaptive Server and its associated servers.

Language Modules

Installed into the locales directory. Provides system messages and date/time formats.

Character Sets

Installed into the charsets directory. Provides character sets available for use with Adaptive Server.

jConnect

Installed into the jConnect-6_0_5 and jConnect-7_0 directories. Provides a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for Adaptive Server.

Agent Management Console

This is a Sybase Central plug-in that manages the Unified Agent. It is installed into the AMCP directory.

Interactive SQL

Interactive SQL is a GUI tool that allows you to execute SQL statements, build scripts, and display data from Adaptive Server. It is installed into the DBISQL directory.

jutils-3_0

A collection of Adaptive Server utility programs including:
  • ribo – a tool to trace TDS traffic between client program and Adaptive Server.