Introducing SQL Anywhere Studio
  Tutorial: Synchronizing Databases with MobiLink

Summary

Now that you have two databases and have synchronized their contents, you can do so any time by running the synchronization server and client.

During this tutorial, you accomplished the following tasks.

• Created new Adaptive Server Anywhere databases to serve as consolidated and remote databases

• Wrote synchronization publication and subscription definitions

• Created scripts to control data upload and download.

• Started a MobiLink synchronization server, the MobiLink synchronization client, and synchronized the remote database with the consolidated database

Learning accomplishments 

In this tutorial you:

• Gained familiarity with the MobiLink synchronization server and client as an integrated system and learned MobiLink synchronization server and client commands and options

• Acquired competence in executing MobiLink synchronization server and client commands

• Became competent at writing synchronization scripts.

What's next? 

You may need to learn more about MobiLink functioning to get the most out of MobiLink. The following areas are good starting points for further reading:

• Try the next tutorial in our series Introduction.

• Read the introductory chapter on MobiLink Introducing MobiLink Synchronization.

• Read the chapter on running the MobiLink synchronization server Running MobiLink Outside the Current Session.

• Get to know the MobiLink client utility MobiLink synchronization client.