I have a contact manager (Sharkware v4 by Cogni-Tech) that
I've been using for 12 years (I know, I know, I just
couldn't give it up) that uses Sybase SQL Anywhere Database
Engine Version 5.5.00 Build #1073. The company was bought
and the product discontinued several years ago. I really
want to get my information out, and I think I have a driver
for it, but I need the username and passowrd. Can anyone
help?

The default user id and password for a SQL Anywhere is "DBA" and "SQL". If
the password has been changed, you're out of luck unless you have access to
the database engine source code (which you don't).

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Reg Domaratzki, Sybase iAnywhere Solutions
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<Guy I.> wrote

Can you point me to the right driver?

To connect to the database, first start an engine using dbeng50.exe :

dbeng50.exe c:\full\path\to\db.db

Then use isql to connect to the database :

isql -c "uid=dba;pwd=sql"

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Reg Domaratzki, Sybase iAnywhere Solutions
Sybase Certified Professional - Sybase ASA Developer Version 8
Please reply only to the newsgroup

iAnywhere Developer Community : http://www.ianywhere.com/developer
iAnywhere Documentation : http://www.ianywhere.com/developer/product_manuals
ASA Patches and EBFs : http://downloads.sybase.com/swd/base.do
-> Choose SQL Anywhere Studio
-> Set filter to "Display ALL platforms IN ALL MONTHS"


<Guy> wrote

Hi I have Sharkware too, and i have no idea how to extract them. Can anyone please provide me the proper steps.

Thanks,