MobiLink Synchronization User's Guide
This chapter describes a variety of techniques that you can use to tackle common synchronization tasks encountered in MobiLink installations.
There are sample applications that provide examples of the techniques that are described in this chapter. For more information, see The Contact Sample Application, and The CustDB Sample Application.
The techniques in this chapter are illustrated using SQL scripts. Many of the same techniques can be implemented in Java or .NET synchronization logic. For more information, see
Introduction
Development tips
Timestamp-based synchronization
Snapshot synchronization
Partitioning rows among remote databases
Maintaining unique primary keys
Handling conflicts
Data entry
Handling deletes
Handling failed downloads
Downloading a result set from a stored procedure call
Schema changes in remote databases