Scripted upload applies only to MobiLink applications that use SQL Anywhere remote databases.

In most MobiLink applications, the upload is determined by the database transaction log so that changes made to the remote database since the last upload are synchronized. This is the appropriate design for most applications and ensures that data on the remote database is not lost.

However, in some cases you may want to ignore the transaction log and define the upload. Using scripted upload you can define exactly what data you want to upload. When doing scripted upload you do not have to maintain a transaction log for your remote database. Transaction logs take up space that may be at a premium on small devices. However, transaction logs are very important for database backup and recovery, and improve database performance.

To implement scripted upload, you create a special kind of publication that specifies the names of stored procedures that you create. The stored procedures define an upload by returning result sets that contain the rows to insert, update, or delete on the consolidated database.

Note: Do not confuse scripted upload with upload scripts. Upload scripts are MobiLink event scripts on the consolidated database that you write to tell the MobiLink server what to do with the upload. When you use scripted upload, you still need to write upload scripts to apply uploads to the consolidated database and download scripts to determine what to download.

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