Connecting to Sybase

To connect to the Sybase, specify the following connection properties:

• Server: Set this to the name or network address of the Sybase database instance.
• Database: Set this to the name of the Sybase database running on the specified Server.

Optionally, you can also secure your connections with TLS/SSL by setting UseSSL to true.

Authenticating to Sybase

Sybase supports several methods for authentication including Password and Kerberos.

Password

Set the AuthScheme to Password and set the following connection properties to use Sybase authentication.

• User: Set this to the username of the authenticating Sybase user.
• Password: Set this to the username of the authenticating Sybase user.

Kerberos

To leverage Kerberos authentication, begin by enabling it via the following connection property:

• AuthScheme: Set to Kerberos will be used for authentication to Sybase.

See Using Kerberos information regarding the connection properties that need to be set for Kerberos authentication.

You can find an example connection string below:

Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;User=SampleUser;Password=SamplePassword;Database=MyDB;Kerberos=true;KerberosKDC=MyKDC;KerberosRealm=MYREALM.COM;KerberosSPN=server-name