From the Archives: Mixing SQL Dialects
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in May of 2009, Glenn talks about SQL Anywhere's built-in support for 2 dialects of SQL: TSQL and Watcom SQL, and how mixing...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Keywords and Upgrades
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in April of 2010, Glenn talks about how keywords are recognized by the SQL Anywhere parser.Each new SQL Anywhere release...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Self-Healing Statistics in SQL Anywhere
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in November of 2009, Glenn talks about statistics management in SQL Anywhere, a key feature that enables SQL Anywhere to...
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From the Archives: Analyzing Clustered Indexes
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in September of 2010, Glenn talks about how the optimizer takes advantage of clustered indices and describes some of the...
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Introducing the SQL Anywhere Wiki
Did you know that SQL Anywhere has an associated Wiki site? It’s true! Check it out here: http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SQLANY/Why have a SQL Anywhere Wiki site? The SQL Anywhere Wiki site...
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From the Archives: Snapshot Isolation and Materialized Views
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in February of 2011, Glenn talks about the effect of using snapshot isolation in combination with materialized views. Snapshot...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Seven Deadly Sins of Database Application Performance
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in February of 2011, Glenn introduces a list of application architecture components that, if poorly designed/handled, can have...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: The First Deadly Sin
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in April of 2011, Glenn talks about some of the critical components of database design and how they can impact overall...
View ArticleSQLAnywhere 16.0.0 SP32 Build 2087 has been released
SQLAnywhere 16.0.0 SP32 Build 2087 is now available for download from http://support.sap.com Cheers,-bret
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Update Statements and Lower Isolation Levels
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in July of 2011, Glenn talks about the trade-offs when using different isolation levels and updating data in the database....
View ArticleSQL Anywhere 12.0.1 SP88 Build 4231 Win64 has been released.
SQL Anywhere12.0.1 SP88 Build 4231 for the Win64 platform is now available for download from http://support.sap.com (see guys, I'm learning!) Cheers,-bret
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Limitations of Proxy Tables
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in March of 2012, Glenn talks about some of the limitations related to the SQL Anywhere remote data access functionality....
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From the Archives: The Second Deadly Sin
In this post, originally written by Glenn Paulley and posted to sybase.com in May of 2012, Glenn talks about concurrency control and the consequences of using the various options available with SQL...
View ArticleAnnouncing SQL Anywhere 17!
SQL Anywhere 17 Announced! I am excited today to announce that the next major evolution of SQL Anywhere is now available! Enhancements in this release continue our long running themes to improve...
View ArticleSQL Anywhere 17 - Autocommit Enhancements
The recently released SQL Anywhere 17, contains a wide variety of new features that improve performance for a variety of activities, improve the security and robustness of the database server and...
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SQL Anywhere 17 - Database Isolation
By default, when you run a database server, you have access to all features of the server, regardless of whether or not you actually use them. Some of these features can also be leveraged by 3rd...
View ArticleSQL Anywhere 17 - Good-bye DBA/SQL
From its first release, SQL Anywhere has used a default user id and password for newly created databases: DBA/sql While it is considered best practice to not use the DBA user and default password in...
View ArticleSQL Anywhere 17 - Enhanced Auditing
Auditing database interactions provides the ability to see who did what and when they did it in the database. This is useful in scenarios where the data stored is sensitive (eg. salary information,...
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SQL Anywhere 17 - Enhanced Password Protection
To improve security, SQL Anywhere 17 has made a number of new changes related to how passwords are managed and accessed via the various tools and utilities. I have included here a brief description of...
View ArticleSQL Anywhere 17 - A More Worldly sa_validate() procedure
The sa_validate() procedure can be used to validate various aspects of your database in order to catch any data corruptions and allow you to address them before you get into a production-down...
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