Go the Sybase newsgroups. 5.5 offers stored procedures. 6 is Java enabled.
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Terry Dykstra [TeamPS]
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
Hatheway, Darwin L wrote in message <6sep23$3um$1_at_sulu.mmm.com>...
>Does it support (take advantage of) SMP?
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>I installed SQL Anywhere and tinkered with it a while back and liked it
>reasonably well.
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>It does seem to be about as easy as MS SQL Server to set up (more difficult
>to do the install but no DB "device" mgmt evens the score). I thought it
>was a little more difficult to configure the clients. It was very
>trouble-free. I was using V5.5. V6, if it offers stored procedures and
>simplifies client configuration, would be very attractive to me.
>
>Before I bought in, though, I'd like to know if it would take advantage of
a
>quad-SMP system (easiest way to "scale" in the NT world) and how big a DB
it
>would support. I did check their web site but saw no mention of SMP
>support, so you might want to ask one of their sales reps or consultants.
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>HTH
>
>PS: The feature I liked best was the ability to read a .SQL file into
the
>command processor and do parameterized substitution into the SQL in the
>file. That's a feature I'd really like to see in MS' toolset (sure, Stored
>Procedures are great but SP's require more DBA time and attention to
>manage).
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>Terry Dykstra wrote in message <35e6217f.0_at_news.cadvision.com>...
>>It's very stable. I have SQLAnywhere (which now is called ASA) running
on
>>a NT server. I basically don't have to do any maintenance on it. It just
>>runs and runs and runs. And the memory footprint is absolutely minimal.
>>The latest version is going Java. It doesn't have all the bells &
whistles
>>of System 11. But you have all your 'regular' sql, stored procedures,
>>triggers etc.
>>
>>Terry Dykstra (TeamPS)
>>Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
>>
>>Ng K C Paul wrote in message <6s51ds$nmo$2_at_imsp009a.netvigator.com>...
>>>Sybase ASA is much scalable than Microsoft Products at present moment.
>>>It can run from Windows CE to Windows 9x to Windows NT to UNIX.
>>>
>>>Information Anywhere!! Mobile and Embedded Computing Server!!
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Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT
