SAP Sybase

Warning

The Sybase Connector/Python DBAPI is a currently no longer maintained by SAP and has no support for versions 16 below. The Sybase dialect is not tested as part of Syntho’s continuous integration, due to the unavailability of adequate test databases / environments.

Source and Destination Databases

Before you begin

Before you begin, gather this connection information:

• Name of the server you want to connect to, port number, and if you use single sign-on, service name

• The database name

• Optionally, the name of the schema that you want to connect to

• User name and password

• Are you connecting to an SSL server?

Connect and set up the workspace

Launch Syntho and select Connect to a database, or under Create workspace, select Sybase. For a complete list of data connections, select More under From database. Then do the following:

1. Enter the name of the server that hosts the database that you want to connect to.

2. Enter the database name to connect to the contained database.

3. Optionally, enter the schema name.

4. Enter the port number.

5. Enter your user name and password.

   Select the Require SSL check box when connecting to an SSL server.

6. Select Create Workspace. If Syntho can't make the connection, verify that your credentials are correct. If you still can't connect, your computer is having trouble locating the server. Contact your network administrator or database administrator.

Limitations

Contact your Syntho contact person to discuss possible limitations regarding this connector.

Supported data types

The following table outlines the support and limitations for various data types in Sybase ASE when using connectors. It indicates what's supported per generator type, and if any additional processing is performed by Syntho to successfully generate and write the data.

Data Type	Type	AI-powered Generation	Other Generators (Duplicate/Mask/Mockers/Calculated Columns/Hash)	Processing
INT	discrete	☑️	☑️	-
BIGINT	discrete	☑️	☑️	-
SMALLINT	discrete	☑️	☑️	-
TINYINT	discrete	☑️	☑️	-
DECIMAL	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
NUMERIC	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
FLOAT	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
REAL	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
MONEY	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
SMALLMONEY	continuous	☑️	☑️	-
DATE	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
TIME	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
SMALLDATETIME	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
DATETIME	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
BIGDATETIME	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
BIGTIME	datetime	☑️	☑️	-
CHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️	-
VARCHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️	-
NCHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️	-
NVARCHAR	categorical	☑️	☑️	-
TEXT	categorical	☑️	☑️	-
UNITEXT	categorical	☐️	☐️	Completely excluded from writing
BINARY	bytes	☐️	☑️	Writing BINARY might fail unless ODBC is configured
VARBINARY	bytes	☐️	☑️	-
IMAGE	bytes	☐️	☑️	-
BIT	bool	☐️	☐️	Completely excluded from writing
UNICHAR	categorical	☐️	☐️	Completely excluded from writing
UNIVARCHAR	no active support	☐️	☐️	Completely excluded from writing
TIMESTAMP	no active support	☐️	☐️	Completely excluded from writing