Environment-Specific Information


The following topics contain information specific to your operating environment, such as file names and versions supported.

For Windows Users

The Sybase ASE ODBC Driver supports the following Windows operating systems:

·         Windows 98

·         Windows NT with Service Pack 5 and higher

·         Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 and higher

·         Windows Me

·         Windows XP Home Edition and Professional

On Windows, the ODBC drivers are 32-bit drivers. All required network software supplied by your database system vendors must be 32-bit compliant.

Starting the ODBC Administrator

The "Configuring Data Sources" section in each driver chapter instructs you to start the ODBC Administrator to configure data sources. To start the ODBC Administrator, double-click the ODBC Data Sources icon in the Control Panel.

Driver Names

The prefix for all Sybase ASE ODBC Driver file names is "sy." The file extension is .DLL. This indicates that they are dynamic link libraries. For example, the driver file name is syodase.dll.

See the README file shipped with your Sybase product for the file name of each driver.

Disk Space and Memory Requirements

Disk space requirements are 25 MB of free disk space on the disk drive where Windows is installed.

Memory requirements vary. If your system is hosting a relational database system, Sybase ASE, additional memory may be required. Consult your relational database documentation to determine the exact memory requirements.