I have SQL Anywhere 9 for Windows x64 (Developer Edition) installed on a Windows 2008 R2 server and on my Windows 7 desktop. The reason for the out-of-date SQL Anywhere is that this is the level of the embedded database used by our POS application, Micros. I downloaded the SQL Anywhere 9 for Windows x64 (Developer Edition) back when it was available on the Sybase website as an unlimited trial version, in order to get two components: Sybase Central for querying the database, and the OLE DB provider for developing MS SQL Server Integration Services packages to extract data from the Sybase database and load it into MS SQL databases for reporting and analysis.
After having had my PC updated from Windows XP to Windows 7, the problem I am having is that when I try to create a Connection Manager to access the Sybase database, using BIDS/Visual Studio on my desktop, the OLE DB driver is not listed under "Provider:"; on the Windows 2008 R2 server where I also installed SQL Anywhere 9, and which also has BIDS/Visual Studio, the "Provider:" dropdown in the Connection Manager dialogue lists "Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere OLE DB Provider 9.0".
In both cases (on my desktop, where it doesn't work, and on the server, where it does) I am right-clicking in the Connection Managers pane and selecting "New ADO.NET Connection".
Is anyone aware of any additional steps I need to take in order to make this work. We have production packages pulling data out of Sybase into MS SQL, and I'd prefer not having to log on to the server in order to maintain these or to create new Sybase to SQL packages.