As part of my dba job, I have a few Sybase DBs around. I created the well known Oracle Scott tables to play with
$ isql -U sa -P ""
1> sp_addlogin "scott","tiger7"
2> go
Password correctly set.
Account unlocked.
New login created.
(return status = 0)
1> create database lsc01
2> go
CREATE DATABASE: allocating 1536 logical pages (6.0 megabytes) on disk
'data_dev' (1536 logical pages requested).
Database 'lsc01' is now online.
1> use lsc01
2> go
1> sp_adduser scott
2> go
New user added.
(return status = 0)
1> grant create table to scott
2> go
1> exit
$ isql -U scott -P tiger7 -D lsc01
1> create table dept(deptno int constraint pk_dept primary key, dname varchar(14), loc varchar(13))
2> go
1> insert into dept values(10,'ACCOUNTING','NEW YORK')
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into dept values(20,'RESEARCH','DALLAS')
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into dept values(30,'SALES','CHICAGO')
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into dept values(40,'OPERATIONS','BOSTON')
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> create table emp(empno int constraint pk_emp primary key, ename varchar(10), job varchar(9), mgr int null, hiredate date, sal float, comm float null, deptno int constraint fk_dept references dept)
2> go
1> insert into emp values(7369,'SMITH','CLERK',7902,'1980-12-17',800,null,20)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values(7499,'ALLEN','SALESMAN',7698,'1981-02-20',1600,300,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7521,'WARD','SALESMAN',7698,'1981-02-22',1250,500,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7566,'JONES','MANAGER',7839,'1981-04-02',2975,NULL,20)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7654,'MARTIN','SALESMAN',7698,'1981-09-28',1250,1400,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7698,'BLAKE','MANAGER',7839,'1981-05-01',2850,NULL,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7782,'CLARK','MANAGER',7839,'1981-06-09',2450,NULL,10)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7788,'SCOTT','ANALYST',7566,'1987-07-13',3000,NULL,20)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7839,'KING','PRESIDENT',NULL,'1981-11-17',5000,NULL,10)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7844,'TURNER','SALESMAN',7698,'1981-09-08',1500,0,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7876,'ADAMS','CLERK',7788,'1987-07-13',1100,NULL,20)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7900,'JAMES','CLERK',7698,'1981-12-03',950,NULL,30)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7902,'FORD','ANALYST',7566,'1981-12-03',3000,NULL,20)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> insert into emp values (7934,'MILLER','CLERK',7782,'1982-01-23',1300,NULL,10)
2> go
(1 row affected)
1> select ename,dname,d.deptno,empno from dept d left join emp e on (d.deptno=e.deptno)
2> go
ename dname deptno empno
-------------------- ---------------------------- ----------- -----------
KING ACCOUNTING 10 7839
CLARK ACCOUNTING 10 7782
MILLER ACCOUNTING 10 7934
FORD RESEARCH 20 7902
SCOTT RESEARCH 20 7788
JONES RESEARCH 20 7566
ADAMS RESEARCH 20 7876
SMITH RESEARCH 20 7369
WARD SALES 30 7521
BLAKE SALES 30 7698
ALLEN SALES 30 7499
JAMES SALES 30 7900
TURNER SALES 30 7844
MARTIN SALES 30 7654
NULL OPERATIONS 40 NULL
(15 rows affected)
1> commit
2> go
Sql file to download : emp-dept.sql
There are obviously a few differences, the password is associated with a login that belongs to the “db server”, and the user is created in the database “lsc01” and associated to the login. In Sybase, one database server (typically one Unix Process), contains more than one database. There is also a master database, which is as sensitive as your system tablespace. Still in the official Sybase administrator course, they already teach you how to manually update the dictionary…
There is no varchar2 or number, and the default for a column is not null. The equivalent of DESC EMP is sp_help emp, but it is more verbose. The columns are case-sensitive, create table EMP is not the same as create table emp.
Not all “ANSI” code will work, like DATE ‘2000-01-01’, FULL OUTER JOIN, USING and all those Oracle “ANSI” things are not meant “COMPATIBLE WITH SYBASE” but more “CONFORM TO ANSI”
ok, that said, it was pretty straightforward