The PC-Client installer contains client applications and utilities you can use to access the cluster to execute queries or administer the cluster. It also contains the Sybase Open Client/ Open Server Software Developers Kit, which you can use to develop applications that access the cluster, and ODBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET clients.
Client applications, such as Sybase Central and Open Client, are used to access Adaptive Server.
Sybase Central allows you to connect to Adaptive Server via client connections. You can use Sybase Central to connect to remote servers, local servers (installed on the same machine), and multiple servers. See “Configuring network connections for client products”.
The Sybase PC-Client CD includes:
Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) for Windows platforms. SDK includes:
Open Client (CT-Library, DB-Library)
ASE plug-in
DBISQL
Embedded SQL/C (ESQL/C)
Embedded SQL/Cobol (ESQL/Cobol)
Extended Architecture (XA)
jConnect for JDBC
ASE ODBC driver by Sybase
ASE OLE DB provider by Sybase
ASE ADO.NET Data provider by Sybase
Language modules
