Been a while since I looked at this but you need to looking for iAnyWhere not Sybase. I am not sure if you have a sql anywhere database loaded on your computer but you can get a developers version for free. http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1016644 There are some good examples that you can look at.


>I am trying to figure out which namespace to import to gain access to the SQL Anywhere data provider in .NET. For now, I have these namespaces which allow me to connect to OleDb, SQLClient and ODBC data providers.
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>Imports System.Data.OleDb
>Imports System.Data.SqlClient
>Imports System.Data.Odbc
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>If I use ODBC, the parameteres are not properly built. And, loDataParameterODBC.DbType.ToString will always return a string as the data type even if the field is a date or a time.