Changing the Driver

ASIS uses ANSI standard SQL and is compatible with a number of relational databases. Primary support is for Sybase's Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA). With over 10 years of service with Sybase and hundreds of database installations, the ASA database software has proven to be fast, fault resistant, and cost effective.

This document only shows the two primary database driver connections for Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere.

(This document also shows the Microsoft SQL Server Driver setup.)

Why Two Drivers for Sybase?

Quite simply, one is fast and the other is more durable

• ASAODBC - Only available on Windows and uses the most feature rich and fastest communication protocols to talk to the ASA database.
• Sybase - uses a native Java driver and is less likely to crash

Changing the Driver

This process must be repeated on each affected workstation (this is not a server or global setting).

First, login as a user with administrative rights in OASIS. Then Select "Configuration" the "Software":

Then select "Database Connection":

Choose one of the following:

Sybase settings

Before setting up the Sybase driver, you will need to know the name or IP address of the server running the OASIS database. The IP address is faster. However, if you think you might be using DHCP, you might use the server name instead.

Set the "Kind" to Sybase. The Server entry should contain either the IP address or the name of the server. For most users, the port number is 2638. The user and password are "oasis" for most users.

Microsoft SQL Server

Before setting up the Sybase driver, you will need to know the name or IP address of the server running the OASIS database.

Set the "Kind" to SQL Server. The Server entry should contain either the IP address or the name of the server. For most users, the port number is 1433. The user and password are as configured by your SQL Server administrator.