ERROR 08001 [Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere] - Database Server Not Found

[Former Member]

We have an application built in C# connecting to a Sybase 6.0.0.4789 and sql anywhere 11.1.2596 For sometime the application runs fine reading the text files and creates/updates/insert data into the tables without any problem. After sometime the application throws an error .The exception I get is ERROR [08001][Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere]Database server not found.

The connection string I'm using is if (sqlString != string.Empty) { oDBHelper.ExecuteNonQuery(CommandType.Text, sqlString); sb = new StringBuilder(); sqlString = string.Empty; }

execute non query to open and insert data

public int ExecuteNonQuery(CommandType cmdType, string cmdText) { try {

        EstablishFactoryConnection();
        PrepareCommand(false, cmdType, cmdText);
        int val = oCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
        return val;
}

Below is the connection to open database.

public void EstablishFactoryConnection() { if (0 == DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses().Select("InvariantName='" + S_PROVIDER + "'").Length) throw new Exception("Invalid Provider"); / oConnection = oFactory.CreateConnection();

    if (oConnection.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
    {
        if (utils != null)
        {
           oConnection.ConnectionString = utils.DBMgr.ConnectionStr;
           oConnection.Open();
           oConnectionState = ConnectionState.Open;
        }
    }
}

But when tested on another server which has sybase 6.0.0.4787 and sql anywhere 11.0.1 the application works perfectly alright without any issues. Creates all the tables and inserts the data through the application . Is this anyway related to the version's of the sybase and sql anywhere . NOt sure whats happening. Any ideas? and Please help me in this regard am really helpless at this point of time.

Thanks in advance

[Breck_Carter]

When you say "sybase 6.0.0.4787" do you mean Sybase Central? That is a utility which has nothing to do with how your application connects to the database.

Please post the actual connection string; what you have posted is some application code that may or may not be referring to the connection string, we have no way of telling.

If you are using a framework you may have to dig down to find out what is actually going on... good luck!

[jeff_albion]

But when tested on another server which has sybase 6.0.0.4787 and sql anywhere 11.0.1 the application works perfectly alright without any issues. Creates all the tables and inserts the data through the application . Is this anyway related to the version's of the sybase and sql anywhere .

Which specific build version of SQL Anywhere 11.0.1 is installed on the system that currently works? Is it the same database, data and tables in both cases?

Have you tried installing an EBF on the problematic installation to see if this problem is indeed fixed in a later build?