Lesson 4: Stop the database server

You can now stop the database server you just started.

In Windows, you can stop a database server by clicking Shut Down on the database server messages window.

To stop the database server running the sample database (Windows)

  1. Double-click the SQL Anywhere icon in the system tray.

    The database server messages window appears.

  2. Click Shut Down.

To stop the database server running the sample database (Command prompt)

  • Run the following command to stop the personal database server running the sample database:

    dbstop mydemo11

    The Stop Server utility (dbstop) can only be run at a command prompt. See Stop Server utility (dbstop).

Tutorial cleanup

Once you have shut down the database server, you can delete the c:\demodb directory and its contents.