MobiLink clients

Following is a list of enhancements to MobiLink clients introduced in SQL Anywhere version 16.0.

Role-based access control (RBAC) and synchronization In the new SQL Anywhere 16.0 role- and privileged-based security model, a user must be granted the SYS_RUN_REPLICATION_ROLE to run synchronization and the SYS_REPLICATION_ADMIN_ROLE to perform administrative tasks related to synchronization. Each of these roles include various system privileges. You can grant and revoke roles and privileges to attain more control over the security of your synchronization environment.
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New trusted_certificate_name MobiLink client network protocol option The trusted_certificate_name protocol option enables you to specify trusted root certificates that are stored in the remote database. This option is only available for SQL Anywhere clients. See trusted_certificate_name.
HTTP performance improvements MobiLink clients now issue fewer HTTP requests than in previous versions.

New privileges required for the Connect method The privileges required for the userid specified in the Connect method have changed. See DbmlsyncClient.Connect method [Dbmlsync C++].
DBSC_Event structure has a new 'val3' integer field The DBSC_Event structure has a new 'val3' integer field. The meaning of the value in the val3 field depends on the type of event. See DBSC_Event structure [Dbmlsync C++].
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_COMMITTED now has two parameters In the DBSC_Event structure for the event, val1 contains the number of rows inserted or updated during the download and val2 contains the number of rows deleted by the download.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_START event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_START has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync begins to send the upload to the MobiLink server.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_SENT event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_SENT has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync completes sending the upload to the MobiLink server.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_START event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_START has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync begins to process the download.

New privileges required for the Connect method The privileges required for the userid specified in the Connect method have changed. See DbmlsyncClient.Connect method [Dbmlsync .NET].
DBSC_Event structure has a new 'val3' integer field The DBSC_Event structure has a new 'val3" integer field. The meaning of the value in the val3 field depends on the type of event. See DBSC_Event structure [Dbmlsync .NET].
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_COMMITTED now has two parameters In the DBSC_Event structure for the event, val1 contains the number of rows inserted or updated during the download and val2 contains the number of rows deleted by the download.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_START event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_START has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync begins to send the upload to the MobiLink server.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_SENT event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_UPLOAD_SENT has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync completes sending the upload to the MobiLink server.
DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_START event has been added The new event DBSC_EVENTTYPE_DOWNLOAD_START has been added. The event is generated when dbmlsync begins to process the download.

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