Querying SOSDATA from within MS SQL Server

A Microsoft Linked Server can be created that uses the SQL Anywhere OLE DB provider to obtain access to a SQL Anywhere database. SQL queries can be issued using either Microsoft’s 4-part table referencing syntax or Microsoft’s OPENQUERY SQL function. An example of the 4-part syntax follows.

SELECT * FROM SOSDATA..SOS.Patients

In this example, SOSDATA […]

(#207) Running Queries with DBISQL

The following instructions are specifically for SOS Release 2010 and later.

First, it is necessary to configure your user ID in the Admin Module (Users and Passwords) to allow access from 3rd party products (Access tab option “Grant read-only access from non-SOS products”). If you are not cleared for this type of access, you […]