This tutorial assumes you have a complete install of SQL Anywhere (including MobiLink) on your local computer where you are running the tutorial. This tutorial was created using Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0. The tutorial may work for other versions of Adaptive Server Enterprise, but this is not guaranteed. This tutorial also assumes you have installed Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0 on your local computer. You may also access Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0 remotely using Sybase Open Client.

This tutorial assumes that the pubs2 sample schema is installed on an Adaptive Server Enterprise server. The pubs2 sample schema is provided with Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.0 and it is an optional part of the install. For this tutorial, it is used as the consolidated database. Information about this sample can be found in the Adaptive Server Enterprise documentation or at  http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.help.ase_15.0.sqlug/html/sqlug/sqlug894.htm.

This tutorial uses the default sa account. When Adaptive Server Enterprise is installed, the sa account has a null password. This tutorial assumes you have changed the null password to a valid password. For more information about changing the null password in Adaptive Server Enterprise, see  http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.help.ase_15.0.sag1/html/sag1/sag1615.htm.

This tutorial shows you how to:

For an overview of MobiLink synchronization, see Understanding MobiLink synchronization.