Adding subscriptions
A synchronization subscription links a particular MobiLink
user with a publication. You must have at least one publication
and one user to create a subscription.
A subscription can also carry other information needed for
synchronization. For example, you can specify the address of the
MobiLink server and other connection options. Values for a specific
subscription override those set for individual MobiLink users.
Overriding options in the wizard
You can override the MobiLink server name and port set for
the subscription and user with settings in the ASA MobiLink Synchronization
wizard in PowerBuilder.
Synchronization subscriptions are required in MobiLink SQL Anywhere remote databases. Server
logic is implemented through synchronization scripts, stored in
the MobiLink system tables in the consolidated database.
A
single SQL Anywhere database
can synchronize with more than one MobiLink synchronization server.
To allow synchronization with multiple servers, create different
subscriptions for each server.
To add a subscription for a MobiLink user in Sybase
Central:
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Connect to Sybase Central as described
in “Connecting to the database
in Sybase Central”. -
Open the Publications folder, select the publication
for which you want to enter a subscription, select the Synchronization
Subscriptions tab in the right pane of Sybase Central, then select
File>New>Synchronization Subscription from the
menu bar.Instead of creating a new subscription in the Publications
folder, you can create one in the MobiLink Users folder by double-clicking
the user for whom you want to create a subscription, and then selecting File>New>Synchronization
Subscription from the menu bar. -
In the Create Synchronization Subscription wizard,
select the user for whom you want to enter a subscription and click
Finish.If you started the wizard from the MobiLink Users folder,
the wizard prompts you to select the publication to which you want
to subscribe. In this case, select the publication and click Finish.
To modify a subscription in Sybase Central:
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Connect to Sybase Central as described
in “Connecting to the database
in Sybase Central”. -
Open the MobiLink Users folder and double-click
the name of the MobiLink user who owns the subscription you want
to modify. -
On the Synchronization Subscriptions tab, right-click
the subscription you want to modify and select Properties from the
pop-up menu. -
Change the properties as needed on the Connection
and Extended Options pages of the Synchronization Subscription Properties
dialog box.
To delete a synchronization subscription in Sybase
Central:
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Connect to Sybase Central as described
in “Connecting to the database
in Sybase Central”. -
Open the MobiLink Users folder and double-click
the name of the MobiLink user who owns the subscription you want
to delete. -
On the Synchronization Subscriptions tab, right-click
the subscription you want to delete and click Delete. -
Click Yes in the Confirm Delete dialog box.