The Initialization Utility - Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere Reference

The Initialization utility

The Initialization utility
Creating a database in Sybase Central
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With the Initialization utility, you can initialize (create) a database. A
number of database attributes are specified at initialization and cannot be
changed later except by unloading, reinitializing, and rebuilding the entire
database:
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Case sensitivity or insensitivity
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Storage as an encrypted file
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Treatment of trailing blanks in comparisons
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Page size
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Collation sequence
In addition, the choice of whether to use a transaction log and a transaction
log mirror is made at initialization. This choice can be changed later using
the transaction log utility.
You can access the Initialization utility in the following ways:
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From Sybase Central, for interactive use under Windows 95/98,NT, or
Java versions on non-win32 platforms.
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From the system command line, using the
This is useful for incorporating into batch or command files.
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For more information about creating a database, see the "CREATE
DATABASE statement" on page 427.
1 Open the Utilities folder in the left panel.
2 Double-click Create Database in the right panel. The Database Creation
wizard appears.
3 Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Tip
You can also access this wizard by clicking Tools Adaptive Server
Anywhere Create Database.
dbinit command-line utility.