I'm new to Sybase having previously been an Informix DBA for 7 years
as well as a DBA on SQL Server. Can anyone recommend some resources
that will enable me to get up to speed on Sybase as quickly as
possible? I of course have all the manuals, but anything that would
speed up the transition would be appreciated. We are running ASE
12.5.0.1 on Linux.

Also, can anyone on this list speak to the long term viability of
Sybase as a database platform?

bweaver@amicus.com (Bill Weaver) wrote in
news:3520cea5.0312301400.124bf72@posting.google.co m:

> I'm new to Sybase having previously been an Informix DBA for 7
> years as well as a DBA on SQL Server. Can anyone recommend some
> resources that will enable me to get up to speed on Sybase as
> quickly as possible? I of course have all the manuals, but
> anything that would speed up the transition would be appreciated.
> We are running ASE 12.5.0.1 on Linux.

Hi Bill,

Your best bet is to go to the Sybase sponsored news groups
(forums.sybase.com) rather than here - there's _tons_ more activity.

> Also, can anyone on this list speak to the long term viability of
> Sybase as a database platform?

I think ASE is holding steady with ~2% of marketshare in the DBMS
market. It's certaintly nothing to write home about but it's an
excellent product and it still has many users.

Don't judge its use by the traffic in c.d.s -- go to forums.
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Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc
http://www.blueoakdb.com