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Checking for software updates

You can configure SQL Anywhere to notify you when updates such as EBFs and maintenance releases become available. By default, SQL Anywhere does not check for software updates.

Sybase Central, Interactive SQL, and the SQL Anywhere Console utility (dbconsole) all provide you with a way to configure the Update Checker, which controls whether SQL Anywhere should check for software updates and how often it should do so.

To configure the update checker (Sybase Central)

1. Choose Help > SQL Anywhere 10 > Configure Update Checker.

   The Check For Updates tab of the Options dialog appears.

2. Configure the Update Checker settings as required.

To configure the update checker (Interactive SQL)

1. Choose Tools > Options.

   The Options dialog appears.

2. Click Check For Updates.

3. Configure the Update Checker settings as required.

To configure the update checker (SQL Anywhere Console utility)

1. Choose File > Options.

   The Options dialog appears.

2. Click Check For Updates.

3. Configure the Update Checker settings as required.

Checking for updates manually

You can check for SQL Anywhere software updates at any time by doing one of the following:

• Start menu  Choose Start > Programs > SQL Anywhere 10 > Check For Updates.

• Sybase Central  Choose Help > SQL Anywhere 10 > Check For Updates.

• Interactive SQL  Choose Help > Check for Updates.

• SQL Anywhere Console utility (dbconsole)  Choose Help > Check for Updates.

• SQL Anywhere Support utility (dbsupport)  Issue the following command:

  dbsupport -iu

See also

• Error reporting in SQL Anywhere
• SQL Anywhere Support utility (dbsupport)

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