Links from SAP SQL Anywhere Product page

[justin_willey]

There's a not too bad product page for SQL Anywhere now on sap.com: https://www.sap.com/uk/products/sql-anywhere.html

There are some interesting links under the Upgrades section, such as the "Web-based Quick Sizer tool". However when you click on these links you are presented with a generic browser authentication box. The same happens where you have logged in to the site with your SID or have just come on to the web site as a member of the public [or potential customer as they are sometimes known 🙂 ] Either way, entering a valid SID and password makes no difference, you just get the authentication box again. It also makes no difference if you have the certificate / password business set up.

I tried a "Chat" session but that just resulted in a promise to pass the query on to the Web Master.

My question is: what credentials do you need to access this content?

[VolkerBarth]

Hm, my SAP P-User ID does work there...

[justin_willey]

I wonder if I need some "super" rights (to read marketing material ???)

[VolkerBarth]

There's a reason SAP's headquarter is located in WALLdorf, Germany:)

[Vlad]

Thankfully, you haven't translated the word "Dorf" from German 🙂

[justin_willey]

In my innocence, I thought it meant "village", is there another meaning - or do I need to resort to checking Urban Dictionary and then wishing I hadn't?

[VolkerBarth]

I do not know what Vlad hints at, but "village" is the correct translation, and as a native speaker, I'm not aware of other particular notions... of course, it may relate to a "closed world", where strangers are considered potentially harmful. I'd think it's not that different in Scotland...

[Breck_Carter]

In English, "dorf" is but one letter away from "dork" which translates to "idiot" in German (which means the same in English)... as in the Jeopardy question "Some village is missing their _ _ _ _ _" 🙂

[VolkerBarth]

Quite similar in German with "dorf" and "doof" (meaning "dumb")...

[Vlad]

I have missed a lot. I have meant the word "village". The word "wall" was spelled with capital letters, and I was looking for a hidden meaning. Maybe there was nothing.
¯\\(ツ)/¯

[VolkerBarth]

Oh, mea culpa. I tried to emphasize the English meaning of the first part of the name "Walldorf". "Wall" in German has a similar meaning to the same word in English, but usually with the notion of a fortified wall/rampart. The parts of a normal buildung are just named "Mauern". So I tried to "explain" why some information is difficult to reach.

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A long discussion about my rather lame pun:) I'd prefer an official answer to Justin's question...

[Breck_Carter]

> I'd prefer an official answer

Ah, yes, The Dream we all share 🙂