Starting Interactive SQL

Interactive SQL provides an interactive environment for database browsing and for sending SQL statements to the database server.

You can start Interactive SQL from:

• The Start menu – choose Start | Programs | Sybase | Adaptive Server Enterprise | Interactive SQL

• From Sybase Central –

  1. In the left pane, select the Adaptive Server Enterprise plug-in.

  2. In the right pane, click the Utilities tab.

  3. Double-click Open Interactive SQL in the right pane.

  You can also access Interactive SQL from within Sybase Central by:

  1. Choosing Tools | Adaptive Server Enterprise | Open Interactive SQL.

  2. Selecting a database in the left pane, and choosing Open Interactive SQL from the File menu.

  3. Right-clicking a database, and choosing Open Interactive SQL from the popup menu.

  4. Right-clicking a stored procedure, and choosing Execute from Interactive SQL from the popup menu. Interactive SQL opens with a CALL to the procedure in the SQL Statements pane and executes the stored procedure.

  5. Right-clicking a table and choosing View Data in Interactive SQL. Inter-active SQL opens with a select * from table_name and executes the query.

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