Installation guide

4.4 Client Components and Utilities

There are several components that you can install onto a PC client to support the SAP ASE server, which are

downloaded from the SAP Service Marketplace (SMP). The previous PC-Client installer is replaced in ASE 16.0 by

separately downloadable installers that provide many of the same components.

SDK for SAP ASE

The SAP Service Marketplace provides both 32-bit and 64-bit SDK for SAP

ASE images. Download the software

development kit (SDK) that matches your version of Windows (32- or 64-bit).

Use either method to obtain the SDK from SAP Service Marketplace SAP Software Download Center :

● Select Support Packages and Patches A-Z Index S SDK for SAP ASE

● In the search field at Support Packages and Patches, enter SDK for SAP ASE.

Included in the SDK are:

Product Description

Open Client

™

In addition to Open Client (Client Library, dblib), the following, which are all installed into

the OCS-16_0 directory:

● ESQL/C

● ESQL/COBOL

● XA

● SAP ASE extension module for Python

● SAP ASE database driver for Perl

● SAP ASE extension module for PHP

DataAccess Installed into the DataAccess64 directories:

● ODBC – a driver used that connects to SAP ASE from ODBC-based applications.

● ADO.NET – a provider used that connects to SAP ASE from .NET-based applications.

Java Runtime

Environment (JRE)

Installed into the shared directory, JRE is a runtime Java virtual machine used to execute

Java-based programs, such as Interactive SQL, and which is shared by several other

components.

Language Modules Installed into the locales directory. Provides system messages and date/time formats.

Character Sets Installed into the charsets directory. Provides character sets that are available for use

with SAP ASE.

jConnect Installed into the jConnect-16_0 directory, jConnect provides a Java Database

Connectivity (JDBC) driver for SAP ASE.

Interactive SQL Installed into the DBISQL-16_0 directory, Interactive SQL is a GUI tool that allows you to

execute SQL statements, build scripts, and display data from SAP ASE.

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