Configuring SQL Anywhere to read from an ASE server

Question

I have a Sybase ASE server that I'm able to connect to with ASE iSql totally fine. The database definition in my sql.ini file looks like:

[<NAME>]
master=TCP,<servername>,<port>

to connect with iSql, I can make the following command-line call and it works:

isql -U <username> -P <password> -S <NAME>

My ultimate goal is to use SQL Anywhere's ADO.Net Entity Framework connectivity for a RIA service I'm writing. I'm trying to connect now using SQL Anywhere through Sybase Central (rather than through Visual Studio), and can't get it to work. Under the Identification tab, I use and for my credentials and leave the bottom half as "None", under the Database tab, I specify for the Server name, and under Network I check "TCP/IP", and specify as the Host, and as the Port. I get the following error:

Fri Nov 20 2009 13:10:10
13:10:10 Attempting to connect using:
UID=sa;ENG=<servername>;CON=SQL_DBC_15c95350;LOG=<log>;LINKS='TCPIP(IP=<servername>;PORT=<port>)'
13:10:10 Attempting to connect to a running server...
13:10:10 Trying to start TCPIP link ...
13:10:10 TCP using Winsock version 2.2
13:10:10 My IP address is 28.230.56.158
13:10:10 My IP address is 127.0.0.1
13:10:10     TCPIP link started successfully
13:10:10 Attempting TCPIP connection (no sasrv.ini cached address)
13:10:10 Looking for server with name <servername>
13:10:10 Trying to find server at address <servername>
13:10:10 Found server, verifying server name
13:10:10 TCP/IP link, function recv(), error code 0
13:10:10 Sending broadcast to find server
13:10:10 Using broadcast address of: 28.230.56.255:<port>
13:10:10 Using broadcast address of: 28.230.56.255:2638
13:10:10 Sending broadcast to find server
13:10:10 Using broadcast address of: 127.255.255.255:<port>
13:10:10 Using broadcast address of: 127.255.255.255:2638
13:10:11 Resending
13:10:12 Resending
13:10:13 Resending
13:10:14 Resending
13:10:15 Resending
13:10:16     Server not found (no reply received)
13:10:16 Failed to connect over TCPIP
13:10:16 Not attempting to autostart server
13:10:16 Cannot connect to server

I'm sorry in advance if I left out significant details. I'm new to Sybase, having a strictly Oracle background. If I left out anything you need to know, please post a comment and I'll update the question. Thanks for helping a Sybase newb.

Answer 1

Sorry, I'm not really a .NET guy so I don't know how to answer your question.

You might want to try asking this question on sqla.stackexchange.com, which is basically a SQL Anywhere-specific version of Stack Overflow. The sqla site is in beta, and is not run or officially endorsed by Sybase, but several Sybase employees (myself included) contribute there.

Answer 2

There's no way to do what I was asking (though it could be possible with a proxy table, that's not a desirable solution), so I'm not going to use the .Net RIA Services framework. I'm going to be writing a standard ASP.Net web service.