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If using the -n switch in start_iq [server-options], note the naming restrictions described in this section.
No character set is conversion performed on the server name. If the client character set and the database server character set differ, using extended characters in the server name can cause the server to not be found. If clients and servers run on different operating systems or locales, use 7-bit ASCII characters in the server name. See “Connection strings and character sets” in Chapter 11, “International Languages and Character Sets,” in the System Administration Guide: Volume 1.
Database server names must be valid identifiers. Long database server names are truncated to different lengths depending on the protocol. Database server names cannot:
Begin with white space, single quotes, or double quotes
End with white space
Contain semicolons
Exceed 128 bytes
On Windows and UNIX, Sybase IQ 12.7 and earlier
clients cannot connect to Sybase IQ 15.0 and later database
servers with names longer than the following lengths:
40 bytes for Windows shared memory
31 bytes for UNIX shared memory
40 bytes for TCP/IP
The server name specifies the name to be used on client application connection strings or profiles. Running multiple database servers with the same name is not recommended.
