The dbinit command-line utility
Syntax
Description
Initialization utility options
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For full information on creating a database in Sybase Central, see
"Creating a database" on page 115 of the book ASA User's Guide.
dbinit [ switches ] new-database-file
Switch
Description
Blank padding of strings for comparisons and fetching
–b
Case sensitivity for all string comparisons
–c
–e
Encrypt the database
–i
Do not install Sybase jConnect support
Do not install Sybase runtime Java classes
–j
Omit Watcom SQL compatibility views SYS.SYSCOLUMNS
–k
and SYS.SYSINDEXES
List the available collating sequences
–l
–m file-name
Use a transaction log mirror (default is no mirror)
No transaction log
–n
–o filename
Log output messages to a file
–p page-size
Set page size
–q
Quiet mode—do not print messages
–t log-name
Transaction log filename (default is the database name with . log
extension)
–z col-seq
Collation sequence used for comparisons
For example, the database
follows:
dbinit -p 1024 test.db
$
For more information about the command-line switches, see
"Initialization utility options" on page 99.
Blank padding (–b)
Ignore trailing blanks for comparison purposes and
pad strings that are fetched into character arrays. For example, the two
strings
Chapter 4 Database Administration Utilities
test.db
can be created with 1024 byte pages as
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