ASA Database Administration Guide
  Connecting to a Database
    Troubleshooting connections

Starting a personal server

If no server can be located, the interface libraries attempt to start a personal server using other parameters. The START and DBF parameters can be used to start a personal server.

The StartLine (START) connection parameter takes a personal database server command line. If a Start parameter is unavailable, Adaptive Server Anywhere attempts to start a personal server on the file indicated by the DatabaseFile (DBF). If both an EngineName (ENG) parameter and a DatabaseFile (DBF) parameter appear, the EngineName (ENG) parameter becomes the name of the server.