@environment-variable server option

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@environment-variable server option

Function

Read in server options from the supplied environment variable.

Syntax

{ dbsrv9 | dbeng9 } @env-var ...

Applies to

All operating systems and servers.

Description

The environment variable may contain any set of options. For example, this statement (typed all on one line) sets an environment variable that holds options for a database server that starts with a cache size of 4 Mb and loads the sample database.

set envvar=-c 4096 "c:\Program Files\Sybase\SQL Anywhere 9\asademo.db"

This statement starts the database server using the environment variable.

dbsrv9 @envvar

Environment variable given priority

If you have both a file and an environment variable with the value of your @ option, the environment variable is used.