Beginner - - Really need help

[fitse]

Hey guys,
I am new to the unix world. I have done some programming on the Unix environment years ago(when at school). I have a client who has this issue. They have acquired some company and apparently there is a HP-UX machine that has a sybase database running on it. They want to extract the data from this sybase database but don't how to do it. They haven't been able to give me much information either for they are not technical at all. I looked for some books on Sybase at my local bookstores but couldn't find any. My question is how do I go about doing this? Is the database management done from the command line or is there some type of interface for the database? If you guys can give me some pointers and also know of any useful source online, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

 

[tdatgod]

Hi,
I suggest you ask your question in one of the SYBASE forums.

Sybase: Power ++
Sybase: PowerBuilder
Sybase: PowerJ
Sybase: PowerDesigner
Sybase: Adaptive (SQL) Server
Sybase: PowerSite
Sybase solutions

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[DBAMeister]

You will probably need to use the Sybase supplied utilities "isql" or "bcp". They both require a user name and password. If you don't know these you might be lucky enough to have a system administrator account with a username of "sa" and a "null" password. To test this:
cd to the top of the sybase directory.
export SYBASE=$PWD
export PATH=$PWD:$PWD/bin:$PATH
isql -Usa

At this point you will be asked for a password. Just press the enter key. If you get a ">" prompt, you are in.

If this doesn't work and you don't know the password, you are going to need some help.