connecting to sybase on linux

[asdf]

so i installed developer's edition version 15 on linux redhat 4 AS.
Install goes without any issues. Now, how do i connect to the database???
tried isql. So if i called my database 'sybase' during an install i try.
isql sybase -Usa which just brings up the man page for isql.
Not sure what else to try. Any ideas??

thanks a million

[CasusBilly]

I don't mean to frighten you, but you may have to read some
documentation before you can use any non-trivial software... The
alternative is MS Access on Windows.

You don't connect to a _database_; you connect to a _dataserver_. When
connected, you can "use" any database that you are authorised to
access. Should sound familiar if you ever worked with MS SQL Server,
which was labeled "Sybase SQL Server 6" in the old days.

1. is the dataserver running and waiting for client connections? on
which port?
2. is the dataserver defined in the config file used by Sybase client
tools such as ISQL (alias = protocol/server/port)?
3. are you aware that ISQL expects a command-line such as
isql -S <dataserver> -U <user> [-P <password>]
...so that "isql whatsitsname" is not a valid syntax, should be "isql -
S whatsitsname"

The alternative to the config file and ISQL is to install the Sybase
JDBC driver, then use any freeware tool to connect to the dataserver
(the connection URL requires server and port anyway).

Have fun...