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The Servoy Application Server requires a connection to the Servoy Repository in order to start. See Servoy Repository for more information. When using existing databases, make sure that a valid connection to a properly configured Servoy Repository is available to the Servoy Application Server.

Using the bundled Sybase SQL Anywhere engine i.c.w. existing databases

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  • Open the <servoy>/application_server/database directory and remove the files there, except the servoy_repository.* files
  • Open the sybase.config file located in the <servoy>/application_server/sybase_db directory using a text editor and:
    -remove the links to the sample databases:
    Code Block
    titleLinks to sample databases in sybase.config
    
    database/user_data.db
    database/example.db
    database/log_data.db
    database/udm.db
    database/pdf_forms.db
    database/bug_db.db
    -add the links to the existing database files. For example:
    Code Block
    titleExample links to existing database files
    c:/myOwnDatabases/crm.db
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titleUsing an existing database for the [Servoy Repository]

The steps above leave the servoy_repository database in place, to act as database for the servoy Repository, although its possible to use another database. See Servoy Repository upgrade for information on creating the Servoy Repository tables in an existing database. See Database Servers for more information on how to configure the 'repository_server' server connection to point to the existing database

Not using the bundled Sybase SQL Anywhere database engine

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