Configuring Notifiers

The Notifier allows you to create custom SQL to program the server-initiated synchronization process. You do this by setting properties. For example, you would configure properties to perform tasks such as the following:

  • Create push requests in response to changes in the consolidated database. The begin_poll property is often used in this way.
  • Use the request_cursor property to determine what information is sent in a notification, to whom, where, and when. The Notifier uses the result set returned by the request_cursor to send push requests to remote Listeners.

    Note: The request_cursor property is the only required property. See request_cursor property.

  • Delete push requests with the request_delete property.
  • Set a polling interval using the poll_every property.

For a complete list of Notifier properties, see MobiLink Notifier properties.

For information about how to set Notifier properties, see Setting properties.

Notifier property sequence

The following pseudo-code shows the sequence in which server-initiated synchronization properties are used. Note that except for request_cursor, all of these properties are optional. 

connect_string
isolation
begin_connection
poll_every
For each poll (
  begin_poll
  shutdown_query
  request_cursor
    For all requests expired before required confirmation (
      error_handler
    )   
  request_delete
  end_poll
)
end_connection
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