dbisql is a Java-based application. In this book, Interactive SQL always refers to this Java-based application.
All new Interactive SQL development is on dbisql. dbisql has several advantages over the Windows-based Interactive SQL application shipped with pre-12.4.3 versions of Sybase IQ:
Find server capability — The Connect dialog now features a Find button beside the Server Name box on the Database tab. This allows you to browse and select the server name. If your server is remote, select the check box “Search network for database servers,” which is deselected by default.
Mouse buttons on UNIX — You can now select items from the dbisql menus using the mouse buttons.
Cut and paste capability —available from both the main menu Edit item and a dropdown that appears when you select and right-click on text in the SQL Statements window.
To start dbisql, type dbisql at a UNIX command prompt or choose Interactive SQL Java from the Sybase IQ 12 program group on Windows.
Sybase IQ still includes the previous version of Interactive SQL in case you need a feature not yet implemented in Interactive SQL Java. The name of the previous version has been changed from dbisql to dbisqlc. See the section “The Interactive SQL Classic (dbisqlc) utility” for dbisqlc syntax.
To start the previous version, enter dbisqlc at a UNIX command prompt or choose Interactive SQL Classic from the Sybase IQ 12 program group on Windows. For information specific to dbisqlc, see “The Interactive SQL Classic (dbisqlc) utility”.
