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How to download Sybase ASE SDK?

Former Member
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Hi,

I am trying to install Sybase ASE ODBC driver for Windows on one of our test machine.

According to this "http://www.sybase.com.sg/products/archivedproducts/odbc", ODBC driver is now a part of SDK product.

For downloading SDK from http://downloads.sybase.com/swd/summary.do, requires a a Technical Support Contact registered with MySybase.

Can someone please guide, how we can register with Sybase for this product? Do we need to procure a license and only the will this service be available?

Thanks for your clarification and time.

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ryan_hansen
Contributor
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Hi,

The Sybase ASE ODBC Driver comes with the Software Developers Kit (SDK).

You can find the downloads from:

http://downloads.sybase.com/swd/summary.do

As you mentioned you need to be a Technical Support Contact.

Go to www.Sybase.com

Select Login at the top right (if you do not have a login you can select "Register now!")

Once logged in you can go to My Account, button is at the top right where the login was.

Here you will see "Add Another Role"

There is a check box for Technical Support Contact.

They will ask you to validate this change through a technical Contact ID or customer number.

If you want to go through this process with a phone call the number is:

1 800 8SYBASE, Option 3 to speak with a Customer Server Representative.

Former Member
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So far, I tried upto "Add Another Role", but could not do so successfully because I did not know how to obtain technical contact id or customer number.

Do we need to be a customer or SAP partner to obtain the a technical Contact ID or customer number?

Thanks

ryan_hansen
Contributor
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To download any Sybase products you need to be a customer and have a license through sales.

Only other way I can think of would be a trial ASE download(customer install as Simon brought up)
http://www54.sap.com/pc/tech/database/software/adaptive-server-enterprise/index.html

or

http://www.sybase.com/products/databasemanagement/adaptiveserverenterprise
I am not 100% positive ODBC will be in this trial download,

but would be the only other way besides sales to get what you are looking for.

I would suggest calling 1800-8SYBASE to help get you on the right direction.

-Ryan

Former Member
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Thanks Ryan. We do not need to redistribute SAP ASE database and also we don't intend to use it for commercial purpose. We need to use it for development and validation of our application which is supposed to work with ASE database at our customers'.

In such a case buying license would be necessary or can we get similar level of support with partnership? (Sorry to ask these questions again).

ryan_hansen
Contributor
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Short response, I'm in tech suport and do not know specific licensing questions.

I work more in the tech support rather than the licensing for the products themselves.

I'm not as familar with what we allow customers to do without gathering fully paid licenses.

To my knowledge, we do not offer any ODBC trials.

This is because you do not need a generated license to run ODBC as you do for

ASE (sysam licensing) and it would be impossible to monitor.

The only trial is for ASE which is available from the above link.

To make sure you are not doing something illegal or use a product without the specific license or agreement,

I would talk to customer service

or sales as they know what is allowed when using our products.

1800-8SYBASE

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Former Member
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I hope this comment will be useful for everyone who will be searching for odbc driver. I found new Sybase ODBC driver which is released not a while ago. It has an evaluation period during which you can test it.  

Former Member
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I work for a software company which is not a SAP partner or customer. Our customers use ASE. I want to use the ASE Data Provider to let them access their DB.

As we're not a customer/partner how can I get hold of the SDK?

Thanks

Dave.

ryan_hansen
Contributor
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Hi Dave,

Go here:
http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/oltp-db

In the middle should be a download section for ASE.

The SDK is included.

When installing you can run a custom install and just select the SDK you need.

To  my knowledge there isn't a stand alone developer edition for SDK.


Regards,

Ryan

Former Member
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HI Ryan,

Thanks for your response but I can't see what you see.

I can see the download link for

"

Get a Free "Developer" Edition

of SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise

"

but I want the SDK which isn't included in that download (at least I believe I want the SDK to get the .Net-compatible client, which is what I actually want).

You said the SDK is included in that download but I can't see it. What am I failing to see?

Thanks

Dave

ryan_hansen
Contributor
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Hi Dave,

Yes I understand you want the SDK.

There is no free download for the SDK.

Download the ASE developer edition, it comes with the SDK inside.

When downloaded you can run the ASE installer.

From there you select 'custom installation'

Once selected you will see the list of products.

Select all the client tools you want. (ie ctlib, odbc, ado.net, etc).

Regards,

Ryan

Former Member
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Hi Dave,

Free SDK might be better.  What do you mean by "stand-alone" - We only provide SDK for ASE including ODBC, ADO.NET provider, jdbc driver and Open Client. There are no installs with just one driver or the other.  In this case - you can download free SDK.  I've a KBA to navigate to the Free SDK:

https://i7p.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/2093510

Please check this out and determine if it meets your needs.  There are no stand-alone driver installs but in the installer you can select custom install to select only the component you want to install.

Cheers,

-Paul

AGS


sap_mk
Active Participant
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Hi Dave,

Paul's URL is an internal link. You will need to use this:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2093510

Regards,

Mark

Former Member
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Thanks guys,

I have now got what I need. I was looking in the zip file not the folder ASE is installed to. Doh!

Thanks for the swift responses

Dave

dawn_kim
Contributor
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Hi Dave,

This please read this blog if you can't get to the link:

http://scn.sap.com/message/15422805#15422805

Thanks,
Dawn

Former Member
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Mark,

Your link also requires a User / Password. It shows the page as "SAP Service Marketplace". Is there any other way to get this Free SDK.

Regards,

Amal

dawn_kim
Contributor
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Hi Amal,

There is a trial/free version of the SDK up on the site currently.

Go here: http://scn.sap.com/community/downloads

There is an article titled "The SCN Download Center is Now on the SAP Store: What's New?"

In this article there is a link to the SAP store click it

Than do a search for "SAP SDK for Adaptive Server Enterprise"

Click the free trial and it will ask for your information and send you an email.

 

From the link you get you should see a list of the SDKs.

Thanks,
Dawn

Former Member
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Hi,

The ODBC driver does also come with the ASE server product.

The relevant files on Windows x64 will be in %SYBASE%\DataAccess64\ODBC.

Metadata that needs to be installed on the target server will be in the sp folder.

The main driver itself is called sybdrvodb64.dll in the dll folder, but it's best to copy them all, other will be needed if you intend to use certain security types etc

Run regsvr32 sybdrvodb64.dll to register the driver with the odbc driver manager.

If you want the latest fixes to the driver, then you do need access to the SDK. I *think* you get access to SDK if you have ASE license but best to check with the customer service team.

Cheers,

Simon

Former Member
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Yes, that's true. However, I do not want to install the entire Server product on the test machine on which we want to run only the ODBC client.

This makes me think, can we install just the ODBC driver using the Custom install option of Sybase ASE installer?

Thanks

Former Member
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Hi Ganesh,

If you mena the PC Client installation included with the Sybase ASE software, you can select custom install for the ASE ODBC Driver. This will make sure you install all the components required to run ASE ODBC Driver.

Cheers,

-Paul