To connect to a database via jConnect, you need to supply a URL for the database. For example:
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:sybase:Tds:localhost:2638", "<user_id>", "<password>");
The URL is composed in the following way:
jdbc:sybase:Tds:host:port
The individual components are:
The connection string must be less than 253 characters in length.
If you are using the SAP Sybase IQ personal server, make sure to include the TCP/IP support option when starting the server.