Adaptive Server Anywhere 8, is this really an old version of SQL Anywhere?

[gabriel_schroedter]

I believe we have a very old version of your product "Adaptive Server Anywhere 8", I first want to know if  this is in fact an old version of SAP SQL Anywhere.

I've checked product availability matrix, but the new versions (v 17, 11, 12) don't have previous versions connected to them.

Please answer this relatively simple question that I can't find anywhere online.

[former_member244518]

Hi Gabriel,

You are correct, the Adaptive Server Anywhere component was renamed SQL Anywhere in version 10.

The SQL Anywhere product was previously referred to as:

Version 3,4: Watcom SQL

Version 5.x.x: SQL Anywhere

Version 6,7,8,9: Adaptive Server Anywhere

Version 10,11,12,16,17: SQL Anywhere

The database file format was changed in version 10, so the last version to fully support databases created with version 8 was ASA 9. Version 10 through 17 contain support for "unloading" old databases like those created with version 8. Unloading the database would give you access to the table structure and data in SQL and CSV files.

Mikel