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question asked: 20 Sep '18, 11:28
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last updated: 20 Sep '18, 13:58
The dbinfo utility is a client server application that needs to connect to a running database; it is not a file utility that directly reads the physical file.
I don't speak OSX, but here is a Windoze-Speak command that auto-starts and connects to the demo database
I had to use the V12 demo database because apparently my Windoze PATH points to the V12 software first (stupid Windoze PATH:)
Here is the equivalent MacOS command line (assuming that you have sourced SQL Anywhere 17): ./dbinfo -u -c "uid=dba;pwd=sql;dbf=/Applications/SQLAnywhere17/System/demo.db"
If you continue to have problems, please post the error message and/or behavior that you encountering.
I see. Speaking of which, what commands can I use to read the db file directly?
Thx for your help Chris! Unfortunally I got a parse error:
SQL Anywhere Information Utility Version 17.0.0.1063 Parse error: Missing '=' near '/Applications/SQLAnywhere17/System/demo.db'
What do I miss?
You did not miss anything. I failed to include "dbf=" prior to the database file reference. I have edited my response with the correction.
Hehe, no worries thanks. BTW do you know a way to connect to a Version 12 File?
It worked after setting dbf= in but i got:
SQL Anywhere Information Utility Version 17.0.0.1063 Unable to start specified database: '/Volumes/Barrel_Immo/test/test.db.txt' was created by a different version of the software
I seems I need to have another tool, right?
SQL Anywhere Version 17 should be able to start a v12 database... but it will depend on what version was used to create your v12 database. I.e. There is likely a capability in your v12 database that your v17.0.0.1063 software does not understand (and hence the message that you are getting). I'd recommend that you upgrade your v17 software to a more recent version (build 1063 is quite old; latest Mac released version is build 4838) and try again.
You cannot "read the db file" directly... unless you want to see the binary bytes of the file :-) The only program that understands the database file is the SQL Anywhere Server (either dbengX or dbsrvX). Once you start the database on the server, then you can use dbisql[c] to connect to the server/database and issue arbitrary SQL statements to see what data is in the database. HTH