This book is intended for system administrators and database administrators.
This manual contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” introduces RepConnector™ and how it integrates with your systems.
Chapter 2, “Configuring Replication Server for RepConnector,” describes how to configure Replication Server® to communicate with RepConnector.
Chapter 3, “Getting Started with RepConnector Manager,” describes how to begin using RepConnector Manager, the graphic user interface (GUI) for creating, configuring, and managing RepConnector connections.
Chapter 4, “Configuring RepConnector,” describes how to configure a RepConnector environment.
Chapter 5, “Using the ratool Utility,” describes how to use ratool—the command line utility—to create, configure, and manage RepConnector connections.
Chapter 6, “Customizing the Message Generator for TIBCO AECM,” describes how to use the RepConnector API to create a customized message generator that works with RepConnector.
Chapter 7, “Customizing the Sender and Formatter Processors,” describes how to use the RepConnector API to create customized sender and formatter processors that work with RepConnector..
Appendix A, “Configuration Worksheets,” contains worksheets that can assist you while you configure a RepConnector environment.
Appendix B, “Troubleshooting” describes how to troubleshoot the RepConnector environment.
See the following documents for more information:
RepConnector Installation Guide – describes procedures for installing RepConnector.
RepConnector Release Bulletin – contains last-minute information that was too late to be included in the books.
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This manual uses these style conventions:
Commands that you enter exactly as shown appear in a Courier font.
On Windows:
set SYBASE = c:\sybase
On UNIX:
setenv SYBASE /work/sybase
Words you replace with the appropriate value for your installation appear in italics.
isql -Uyour_username -Pyour_password
The names of files, volumes, and directories appear in italics:
On UNIX: /work/sybase
On Windows: \work\sybase
The names of programs, utilities, stored procedures, databases, and commands appear in a sans serif font:
ratool
Items on a menu appear with vertical bars showing the menu hierarchy:
File | Print
Syntax formatting conventions are summarized as follows. Examples that combine these elements follow the table.
Key |
Definition |
|---|---|
variable |
Variables (words that stand for values that you fill in) appear in italics. |
{ }
|
Curly braces mean that you must choose at least one of the enclosed options. Do not include braces in the command. |
[ ] |
Brackets mean that you may choose or omit enclosed options. Do not include brackets in the command. |
| |
Vertical bars mean that you may choose no more than one option, which must be enclosed in braces or brackets. |
, |
Commas mean that you may choose as many options as you need. Options must be enclosed in braces or brackets. Separate your choices with commas. Commas may also be required in other syntax contexts. |
( ) |
Parentheses are typed as part of the command. |
... |
An ellipsis means that you may repeat the last unit as many times as necessary. |
<> |
Identifies variable where you replace the text with your own properties or values. Do not write the angle brackets. |
Curly braces and vertical bars – choose one and only one option.
{red | yellow | blue}
Curly braces and commas – choose one or more options. If you choose more than one, separate your choices with commas.
{cash, check, credit}
One item in square brackets – choose or omit it.
[anchovies]
Square brackets and vertical bars – choose none or only one.
[beans | rice | sweet_potatoes]
Square brackets and commas – choose none, one, or more options. If you choose more than one, separate your choices with commas.
[extra_cheese, avocados, sour_cream]
An ellipsis (...) means that you may repeat the last unit as many times as necessary. For example, when you use the alter function replication definition command, you can list one or more parameters and their datatypes for the add clause or the add searchable parameters clause:
alter function replication definition function_rep_def
{deliver as 'proc_name' |
add @parameter datatype [, @parameter datatype]... |
add searchable parameters @parameter [, @parameter]... |
send standby {all | replication definition}
parameters}
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To route a message event from a database to a messaging system, you must have a correctly encoded database event from Replication Server. There is no special setting for RepConnector, but make sure that the character set of Replication Server is the same, or compatible with, that of the primary database. For information on setting up Replication Server’s character set, see the Replication Server Design Guide.
Routing a database event from a messaging system to an Adaptive Server® database requires that all characters in the message can be encoded into the character set of the destination Adaptive Server database. Again, there is no special setting for RepConnector. The message is translated into a SQL statement, and executed against the destination Adaptive Server database.
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