https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/data-connection/qaa-p/13839141#M4869984 <P>PowerBuilder supports a number of database interfaces other than ODBC. Those options include JDBC, OLEDB, and ADO.NET (and it may also be possible to connect via openclient although that is not supported - or known to work).</P> <P>You can connect using ODBC without a DSN. That technique is termed a DNSLess connection. This is an ODBC feature that requires the use of the parameter Driver that is set to the value of the ODBC Driver Name. Here is an example: </P> <DIV><PRE><SPAN></SPAN>sqlca.DBMS="ODBC" sqlca.DBParm = "ConnectString='Driver={SQL Anywhere 12};ENG=SAEng,DBN=SADbName;UID=dba;Pwd=sql'" </PRE></DIV> <P>The PowerBuilder Documentation "Connecting to your database" describes each of the interface options and is a useful reference. </P> Fri, 12 May 2017 09:28:55 GMT chris_keating 2017-05-12T09:28:55Z https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/data-connection/qaq-p/13839140 <P>Hello everyone</P> <P>can i connect to sybase anywhere 12 from powerbuilder without ODBC?</P> <P>Thank you.</P> Fri, 12 May 2017 02:17:22 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/data-connection/qaq-p/13839140 Former Member 2017-05-12T02:17:22Z https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/data-connection/qaa-p/13839141#M4869984 <P>PowerBuilder supports a number of database interfaces other than ODBC. Those options include JDBC, OLEDB, and ADO.NET (and it may also be possible to connect via openclient although that is not supported - or known to work).</P> <P>You can connect using ODBC without a DSN. That technique is termed a DNSLess connection. This is an ODBC feature that requires the use of the parameter Driver that is set to the value of the ODBC Driver Name. Here is an example: </P> <DIV><PRE><SPAN></SPAN>sqlca.DBMS="ODBC" sqlca.DBParm = "ConnectString='Driver={SQL Anywhere 12};ENG=SAEng,DBN=SADbName;UID=dba;Pwd=sql'" </PRE></DIV> <P>The PowerBuilder Documentation "Connecting to your database" describes each of the interface options and is a useful reference. </P> Fri, 12 May 2017 09:28:55 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/data-connection/qaa-p/13839141#M4869984 chris_keating 2017-05-12T09:28:55Z