Introducing SQL Anywhere Studio
   Tutorial: Managing Databases with Sybase Central
    Lesson 1: Start Sybase Central

Connect to the sample database from Sybase Central

This section describes how to connect to the sample database from Sybase Central.

By default, all newly-created Adaptive Server Anywhere databases contain a user ID of DBA and a password of SQL. It is the responsibility of the database administrator to provide the desired level of security by changing passwords and creating other user IDs.

The user ID and password for the sample database are also DBA and SQL. However, when you connect using the ASA 9.0 Sample data source (as the procedure below describes), you do not need to enter this information because the data source already contains it.

To connect to the sample database

1. Start Sybase Central.

2. Choose Tools > Connect.

3. If a dialog prompts you to choose a plug-in, choose Adaptive Server Anywhere 9 and click OK.

   The Connect dialog opens.

4. Select the ODBC Data Source Name option.

5. In the ODBC Data Source Name box, type ASA 9.0 Sample, or select it from the dropdown list if it is already there, and click OK. Alternatively, you could also click Browse and choose the ASA 9.0 Sample from the Data Source Names dialog.

6. Click OK to connect to the sample database.