MobiLink Components

Consolidated database – contains the central copy of all information in the synchronization system. It can be an SQL Anywhere, Adaptive Server Enterprise, Oracle DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server database.

Database (see MobiLink Consolidated and Remote Databases).

MobiLink server – manages the synchronization, and provides the interface between the MobiLink clients and the consolidated database server. The synchronization can be one-way or bi-directional.

Replication process with MobiLink type (see MobiLink Servers).

Remote database – runs on the client side, and can be installed on a PC, a laptop or a hand-held device, such as a Palm or a Pocket PC. Two database types are supported: UltraLite and SQL Anywhere.

Database (see MobiLink Consolidated and Remote Databases).

Publication – specifies the tables and columns to be synchronized.

Publication (see Publications (ILM)).

Article – specifies a table or a subset of the columns and rows in a table of the remote database.

Article (see MobiLink Articles).

Subscription – specifies the publication to use for synchronization.

Subscription (see MobiLink Subscriptions).

Connection script – specifies a synchronization script at connection level that matches a synchronization event, which occurred in the MobiLink server.

Event script (see MobiLink Connection Scripts/Table Scripts).

Table script – specifies a synchronization script at table level that matches a synchronization event, which occurred in the MobiLink server.

Event script (see MobiLink Connection Scripts/Table Scripts).

MobiLink user – specifies a user name and password to connect to a MobiLink server.

User (see MobiLink Servers).