Resources for getting started with SQL Anywhere Server

SQL Anywhere provides three methods to administer your system: Sybase Central, Interactive SQL, and command-line utilities. The choice of which tool to use is your preference. The majority of tasks are supported by all three methods.

The tutorials and introductory materials listed in this section use all three methods to create and manage SQL Anywhere databases.

For an overview of Sybase Central, Interactive SQL, and all other tools included with SQL Anywhere, see Design and management tools.

Starting the database server

Tutorial: Connecting to the sample database

This tutorial describes how to:
- Start a database server
- Connect to a database server
- Display the database server messages window
- Stop the database server

Additional information For a complete list of server connection options, see SQL Anywhere database server syntax. Alternatively, run the following command to see a list of all server connection options in a command prompt window:
dbeng16 -?
Further reading For more examples of connecting to the SQL Anywhere sample database, connecting to an embedded database, and connecting across a network, see Database connections.

Creating a database

Tutorial: Creating a SQL Anywhere database

This tutorial describes how to use Sybase Central to:
- Create a database file
- Connect to your database
- Create a table
- Create relationships between tables

Additional Information For more information about database creation, see Database creation.

Managing databases

Using SQL statements

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