Existing customers with valid support contracts who are already using the third-party ODBC Driver and OLE DB Provider can continue to receive support for these products throughout the life cycle of ASE 12.5.
Until July 30, 2007, the support program will continue as it is today. After July 30, 2007, Sybase will address only P1 (severity level 1) issues. New updates to these drivers will be delivered as a standalone downloads.
Please note that the third-party ODBC Driver and OLE DB Provider you have today will only support ASE features up to and including ASE 12.5.3. Any issues found with these drivers will only be addressed by Sybase if they can be reproduced in ASE 12.5.3. If you use the third-party products with any releases of ASE beyond ASE 12.5.3, Sybase may not be able to identify problems or support fixes.
Please see the Sybase Web site for the End of Life notification for these drivers.
