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'''SQL Anywhere''' is an [[RDBMS]] product from [[Sybase iAnywhere]]. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of [[Sybase]].

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'''SAP SQL Anywhere''' is a proprietary [[Relational database management system|relational database management system (RDBMS)]] product from [[SAP AG|SAP]]. SQL Anywhere was known as '''Sybase SQL Anywhere''' prior to the acquisition of [[Sybase]] by SAP.

==History==

The database company [[Sybase]] obtained the SQL Anywhere technology as part of its acquisition of [[PowerBuilder]] vendor PowerSoft.<ref name="rdbmsingressybase20070613">{{Cite interview |interviewer=Doug Jerger |title=RDBMS Workshop: Ingres and Sybase |url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2013/05/102702565-05-01-acc.pdf |access-date=2025-05-30 |publisher=Computer History Museum |date=2007-06-13}}</ref>

== Features ==

SQL Anywhere can be run on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Windows CE]], [[Mac OS X]], and various [[UNIX]] platforms, including [[Linux]], [[AIX]], [[HP-UX]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]. Database files are independent of the [[operating system]], allowing them to be copied between supported platforms. The product provides several standard interfaces ([[ODBC]], [[JDBC]], and [[ADO.NET]]) and a number of special interfaces such as [[PHP]] and [[Perl]]. The engine supports [[stored procedure]]s, user functions (using [[Watcom SQL]], [[T-SQL]], [[Java (software platform)|Java]], or [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]]), [[Database trigger|triggers]], [[referential integrity]], row-level locking, [[Replication (computer science)|replication]], [[Cluster (computing)|high availability]], [[Default gateway|proxy tables]], and events (scheduled and system events). [[Strong encryption]] is supported for both database files and client-server communication.

* Database files are operating-system-independent. This means that they can be copied between supported platforms.

* Can be run on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Windows CE]], [[Novell NetWare]], and various [[UNIX]] platforms, including [[Linux]].

* Has several standard interfaces ([[ODBC]], [[JDBC]], [[ADO.NET]]) and some special interfaces (eg. [[PHP]], [[Perl]]).

* Supports stored procedures and user functions (using Watcom SQL, T-SQL, Java, or C/C++), triggers, referential integrity, row-level locking, replication (two technologies: SQL Remote, [[Sybase MobiLink|MobiLink]]), proxy tables (links to other databases), and events (both scheduled and in response to system events such as lack of free disk space)

* Supports strong encryption of both database files and client-server communication

* Version 10 supports materialized views, database mirroring, server clustering, and snapshot isolation

== Uses ==

SQL Anywhere is widely used in several contexts:, including as an [[embedded database]], particularly as an application data store. For example, it is used in [[Intuit]] [[QuickBooks]],<ref>{{cite web

|title=QuickBooks replaces its flat file system with SQL Anywhere from Sybase iAnywhere

* as an embedded database, as an application data store; for example, it is used in Intuit [[QuickBooks]], in network management products, backup products, and others. Its ability to be used with minimal administration is a distinguishing feature in this role.

|url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1061721

* as a database server for workgroups or for small or medium-sized businesses.

|publisher=Sybase

* in mobile computing environments. It includes scalable data synchronization technology that provides change-based replication across many [[mobile database]]s.

}}</ref> in network management products, and in backup products. Its ability to be used with minimal administration is a distinguishing feature in this role.

It can be used as a [[database server]] for work groups or for small or medium-sized businesses. It can also function as a [[mobile database]]. It includes scalable [[data synchronization]] technology that provides change-based replication between separate databases, including large server-based RDBMS systems.

== Technologies ==

As of 2006 there were over 10 million deployed seats of SQL Anywhere.<ref>{{cite web|title=SQL Anywhere 10 Announcement|url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1042264}}</ref>

SQL Anywhere Server is a high performing and embeddable relational database-management system ([[Relational database management system|RDBMS]]) that scales from thousands of users in server environments down to desktop and mobile applications used in widely deployed, zero-administration environments.

''Ultralite'': UltraLite is a database-management system designed for small-footprint mobile devices such as PDAs and smart phones.

== History ==

''Mobilink'': MobiLink is a highly-scalable, session-based synchronization technology for exchanging data among relational databases and other non-relational data sources.

''QAnywhere'': QAnywhere facilitates the development of robust and secure store-and-forward mobile messaging applications.

''SQL Remote'': SQL Remote technology is based on a store and forward architecture that allows occasionally connected users to synchronize data between SQL Anywhere databases using a file or message transfer mechanism.

== History ==

* Initially created by [[Watcom]] as '''Watcom SQL'''.

* Version 3: 1992

* Watcom acquired by PowerSoft[[Powersoft]] in 1993; Watcom SQL shipped with their visual programming environment [[PowerBuilder]]

* Version 4: 1994 ([[Stored procedure]]s, [[database trigger|triggers]])

* [[PowerSoft]] and [[Sybase]] merged in 1995: Watcom SQL was renamed '''SQL Anywhere'''.

* Version 5: 1995 (SQL Remote [[data replication]]; graphical administration tools)

* Version 6: 1998. Renamed '''Adaptive Server Anywhere''' ('''ASA'''). (multi-processor support, [[Java (programming language)|Java]] objects in the database)

* Version 6.0.2: 1999 ([[Sybase MobiLink|MobiLink]] [[data synchronization]], UltraLite [[mobile database]] for [[Palm OS]] and [[Windows CE]])

* Version 7: 2000 (dynamic [[database cache|cache]], task scheduling and event handling, cross-platform administration tools)

* Version 8: 2001 (Volcano [[query optimizer]], [[encryption|encrypted]] data storage and transmission,)

* Version 9: 2003 ([[Index (database)|Index]] consultant, [[embedded HTTP server]])

* Version 10: 2006 -– renamed '''SQL Anywhere''' ([[high availability]], intra-query [[parallel computing|parallelism]], [[materialized view]]s)<ref>{{cite web

|title=Sybase iAnywhere Announces the Release of SQL Anywhere 10

* Version 11: 2008 (full text search, [[BlackBerry]] support)

|url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1042264

|publisher=Sybase press release

|date=August 7, 2006

}}</ref>

* Version 11: 2008 (full text search, [[BlackBerry]] support)<ref>{{cite web

|title=Sybase iAnywhere Announces Availability of SQL Anywhere 11

|url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1057559

|publisher=Sybase press release

|date=August 5, 2008

}}</ref>

* Version 12: 2010 released by SAP Sybase (support for [[Geodata|spatial data]])<ref>{{cite web

|title=Sybase Advances its Mobile and Embedded Database Leadership Position with SQL Anywhere 12

|url=http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1080500

|publisher=Sybase press release

|date=June 29, 2010

}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sap.com/index.html|title=SAP Software Solutions &#124; Business Applications and Technology|website=SAP}}</ref>

* Version 16: April 18, 2013 – (faster synchronization and improved security)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kessler.de/prd/sybase/Ianywhere16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-01 |archive-date=2014-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211065159/http://www.kessler.de/prd/sybase/Ianywhere16.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* Version 17: July 15, 2015; released by SAP <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.sap.com/2015/07/15/announcing-sql-anywhere-17-2/|title=Announcing SQL Anywhere 17! &#124; SAP Blogs|website=blogs.sap.com}}</ref>

== References ==

Has nothing in common with Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), this is a totally different product although the name is similar, so SQL Anywhere is not the little brother of ASE.

Outdated information still found on the Internet is the database size limitation of 4GB, this is not existent for the current Versions. Currently database size is only limited by filesystem restrictions.

== See also==

* [[Ivananywhere|Homepage of the IvanAnywhere robot]]

==External links==

* [http://www.ianywhere.com/ iAnywhere web site]

* [http://ianywhere.com/products/sql_anywhere.html SQL Anywhere page]

* [http://www.sybase.com/products/mobilesolutions/sqlanywherestudio SQL Anywhere Studio]

==References==

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== External links ==

[[Category:Database management systems]]

* [https://www.sap.com/products/sql-anywhere.html SQL Anywhere official product page]

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