SQL Remote User's Guide
SQL Remote Design for Adaptive Server Enterprise
Publication design for Adaptive Server Enterprise
A remote database shares with the consolidated database the information in their subscriptions. The subscription is both a subset of the relational database held at the consolidated site, and also a complete relational database at the remote site. The information in the subscription is therefore subject to the same rules as any other relational database:
Foreign key relationships must be valid For every entry in a foreign key, a corresponding primary key entry must exist in the database.
The database extraction utility ensures that the CREATE TABLE statements for remote databases do not have foreign keys defined to tables that do not exist remotely.
Primary key uniqueness must be maintained There is no way of checking what new rows have been entered at other sites, but not yet replicated. The design must prevent users at different sites adding rows with identical primary key values, as this would lead to conflicts when the rows are replicated to the consolidated database.
The data in the dispersed database (which consists of the consolidated database and all remote databases) must maintain its integrity in the face of updates at all sites, even though there is no system-wide locking mechanism for any particular row.
Locking conflicts must be prevented or resolved In a SQL Remote installation, there is no method for locking rows across all databases to prevent different users from altering the rows at the same time. Such conflicts must be prevented by designing them out of the system or must be resolved in an appropriate manner at the consolidated database.
These key features of relational databases must be incorporated into the design of your publications and subscriptions. This section describes principles and techniques for sound design.