PC-Client Product Descriptions and Layout

An Adaptive Server installation includes additional products that are installed into specific directories.

ProductDescription
Software Developer Kit (SDK)
Installed into the OCS-15_0 directory:
  • Open Client™ (Client Library, dblib)
  • ESQL/C
  • ESQL/COBOL
  • XA
  • Adaptive Server Enterprise extension module for Python
  • Adaptive Server Enterprise database driver for Perl
  • Adaptive Server Enterprise extension module for PHP
DataAccess
Installed into the DataAccess[64] directories:
  • (Windows and Linux only) ODBC – a driver used to connect to Adaptive Server from ODBC-based applications.
  • (Windows only) OLEDB – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from OLE DB-based applications.
  • (Windows only) ADO.NET – a provider used to connect to Adaptive Server from .NET-based applications.
Shared directory
The shared directory contains components and libraries that are shared by several other components.
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) – is a runtime Java virtual machine used to execute Java-based programs, such as Interactive SQL.
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-7_0 directory. Provides a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for Adaptive Server.
Uninstaller
Installed into the sybuninstall/PCClient 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 utilities
A collection of Adaptive Server utility programs including ribo, a tool to trace TDS traffic between client program and Adaptive Server.
Related concepts
Managing Adaptive Server Enterprise with Sybase Control Center