Editing Adaptive Server Enterprise (section)

{{Short description|Relational model database server}}
{{redirect|Replication Server|the general topic|Replication (computing)}}
{{redirect2|Sybase database|SAP Sybase|the SAP corporate division named Sybase and other Sybase database products|Sybase}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Sybase ASE|Sybase ASA}}

{{Infobox software
| logo = 
| author = [[Sybase]]
| developer = [[SAP]]
| released = {{start date|1987}}
| latest release version = 16.0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://help.sap.com/adaptive-server-enterprise|publisher=[[SAP SE|SAP]]|access-date=23 February 2015|title=SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]]
| language = English
| genre = [[Relational database management system|RDBMS]]
| license = [[Commercial software|Commercial]] [[proprietary software]]
| website = {{url |https://www.sap.com/products/sybase-ase.html}}
}}

'''SAP ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise)''', originally known as '''Sybase SQL Server''', and also commonly known as '''Sybase DB''' or '''Sybase ASE''', is a [[relational model]] [[database server]] developed by [[Sybase|Sybase Corporation]], which later became part of [[SAP|SAP SE]]. ASE was developed for the [[Unix]] operating system, and is also available for [[Microsoft Windows]].

In 1988, Sybase, [[Microsoft]] and [[Ashton-Tate]] began development of a version of SQL Server for [[OS/2]], but Ashton-Tate later left the group and Microsoft went on to port the system to [[Windows NT]]. When the agreement expired in 1993, Microsoft purchased a license for the source code and began to sell this product as [[Microsoft SQL Server]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doc.ispirer.com/sqlways/Output/SQLWays-1-178.html |title=Sybase ASE History |website=Inspirer}}</ref> MS SQL Server and Sybase SQL Server share many features and syntax peculiarities.