The dialect of SQL supported by SQL Anywhere is referred to as Watcom-SQL. The original version of SQL Anywhere was called Watcom SQL when it was introduced in 1992. We still use the term Watcom-SQL to identify the dialect of SQL supported by SQL Anywhere.

SQL Anywhere also supports a large subset of Transact-SQL, the dialect of SQL supported by Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. See Transact-SQL Compatibility.