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SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 16.0 » MobiLink - Getting Started » MobiLink tutorials » Tutorial: Synchronizing with Microsoft Excel

 

Lesson 8: Synchronizing

The dbmlsync utility initiates MobiLink synchronization for SQL Anywhere remote databases. Before starting dbmlsync, add order data and comments to your remote database.

Prerequisites

This lesson assumes you have completed all preceding lessons. See Lesson 1: Setting up an Excel worksheet.

This lesson assumes that you have the roles and privileges listed in the Privileges section at the start of this tutorial: Tutorial: Synchronizing with Microsoft Excel.

 Task
  1. Connect to the MobiLink client database from Interactive SQL if you are not already connected.

    Run the following command:

    dbisql -c "SERVER=remote1;UID=DBA;PWD=sql"
  2. Add an order to the RemoteOrders table in the client database.

    Execute the following SQL statement in Interactive SQL:

    INSERT INTO RemoteOrders (order_id, product_id, quantity, order_status)
     VALUES (1,12312,10,'new');
  3. Add a comment to the OrderComments table in the client database.

    Execute the following SQL statement in Interactive SQL:

    INSERT INTO OrderComments (comment_id, order_id, order_comment)
     VALUES (1,1,'send promotional material with the order');
  4. Commit your changes.

    Execute the following SQL statement in Interactive SQL:

    COMMIT;
  5. Run the following command at a command prompt:

    dbmlsync -c "SERVER=remote1;UID=DBA;PWD=sql" -o rem1.txt -v+

    The following table contains a description for each dbmlsync option used:

    Option Description
    -c Specifies the connection string.
    -o Specifies the message log file rem1.txt.
    -v+ The -v option specifies what information is logged. Using -v+ sets maximum verbose logging.

    Once you have started the MobiLink synchronization client, an output screen appears indicating that the synchronization succeeded. SQL-based synchronization transferred rows in the client RemoteOrders table to the RemoteOrders table in the consolidated database.

    Java processing inserted your comment in the order_central.xlsx worksheet. The information stored in the order_central.xlsx worksheet is downloaded to the client.

  6. In Interactive SQL, select from the OrderComments table to verify that the row was downloaded.

    Execute the following SQL statement in Interactive SQL:

    SELECT * FROM OrderComments;
    Note

    Rows downloaded using direct row handling are not printed by the mlsrv16 -v+ option, but are printed in the remote log by the dbmlsync -v+ option.

Results

The remote database is updated with order data and comments, and the remote database and consolidated database are synchronized.

Next

Proceed to Cleaning up.

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