Has anyone attempted to create an xml build file to use ANT to make a
master SQL script that can build an entire database from a repository?
I am thinking VSS specifically.  We would like to use ANT to define
the dependencies between database objects and pull the source code

I would like to enhance my sybase DBA skills..Can you let me know a
guide or a online doc that will kickstrat a oracle DBA onto sybase..
regards
Hrishy

 I've always wanted to define variables on the fly from user input, or
output a prompt and get the user's input. Now you can use

which will define the variable "$something" from the 255 characters read

I had posted this questions related to scalability design constraints on
alt.comp.databases as I thought the questions are generic in nature. I still
haven't received any responses.  I'm posting to this news group since I'm
using Sybase database for your inputs.

I will be moving Sybase from one Solaris server into another Solaris
server, the IP address and box name will be different. Sybase version
is 12.0 and O/S is 5.8.  Does any one know what I need to do in order
to get Sybase up and running again on the new server.

I have an interesting question. We use a system monitoring tool called
SMC from SUN/Halcyon that monitors the db production servers. It is
showing a -1 in the running column for processes that are running
long.

If I had a table like the following:
create table org(
    id                   numeric(10,0)                  identity,
    org_no               char(6)                        not null,

I need to be able to print the ASCII character 12 (Form Feed) in a print
statement in a Sybase stored procedure.
How do I go about doing this?
Does Sybase support this?

I have two local Sybase DB servers.  Server 1 has a Rep Server
installed in it as well.  I have checked the logs and windows NT
services to see if it is running properly and it seems to be but there
is discrepency between Server 1 and 2 in the number of records.

12.5.1 very stable
better than 12.5.03. MDA bugs have been cleaned up.

Hi,
My application is an Open Server Application connecting to Sybase 12.5
database.
The version of open server & client  libraries are

I have a general question regarding loading Sybase database dumps into
Sybase servers which are at a higher version level.
Is this possible? What are the limitations involved?
I am currently working on a short term contract for a company I had dealing

Not strictly Sybase, but perhaps of interest, especially for those
of use who rely on FreeTDS libs to get Sybase and SQL Server talking.
David Gray should live a long happy healthy and properous life for
giving us sqsh.  But it has one major irritant.  If I control-C while

I am curious as to what sort of dependencies exist between a ResultSet and
its corresponding Connection.  Let's say I create a Statement on a
Connection and then execute a query.  Before I am finished with the
corresponding ResultSet, I start a transaction on the same Connection and

does anyone know how to completely uninstall ASE 12.0 on a Windows 2000
server?
We used syconfig already, but it seams that there is no proper uninstall to
remove ASE 12.0 completely.