ASA Database Administration Guide
The Database Server
The database server
Database server options
To turn character set translation on and off.
{ dbsrv9 | dbeng9 } -ct { + | - } ...
All operating systems except Windows CE.
By default, character set translation is turned on. Character set translation converts strings between character sets that represent the same characters, but at different values. This is useful when the client machine and the database use different character sets. Character set translation is disabled with the -ct- server option. If this argument is supplied as -ct+, character set translation is turned on.
In version 7.x and earlier of Adaptive Server Anywhere, the + or - values are not accepted: specifying the -ct option enabled character set translation.
The following example starts a server with character set translation disabled and loads the sample database:
dbeng9 -ct- "C:\Program Files\Sybase\SQL Anywhere 9\asademo.db"
Turning off character set translation on a database server
Starting a database server using character set translation