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Connecting from SQL Anywhere utilities

All SQL Anywhere database utilities that communicate with the server (rather than acting directly on database files) do so using embedded SQL.

For information about the procedure the utilities use when connecting to a database, see Troubleshooting connections.

Many of the administration utilities obtain the connection parameter values by:

1. Using values specified on the command line (if there are any). For example, the following command starts a backup of the default database on the default server using the user ID DBA and the password sql:

   dbbackup -c "UID=DBA;PWD=sql" c:\backup

   For more information about the options for each database utility, see Database Administration Utilities.

2. Using the SQLCONNECT environment variable settings if any values are missing. SQL Anywhere does not set this variable automatically.

   See SQLCONNECT environment variable.