Database Interface Commands

Replication Server provides several ways to connect to databases and to customize the operations performed in them.

The open architecture supports primary or replicate databases managed by heterogeneous data servers, including Adaptive Server and several other data servers.

For each database, you can:

Create or modify a Replication Server connection to a database. See "Database Connection Commands."
Customize error handling methods. See "Error Class Commands."
Customize database operations. See "Function and Function String Commands."
Create or modify a logical database connection used in a warm standby application. See" Warm Standby Database Commands."
Set configuration parameters for the connection or logical connection. See "Configuration Commands."

Each database that will be a source of replicated transactions or stored procedures must have a Replication Agent. For details, see the Replication Server Administration Guide Volume 1.

Database Connection Commands
A physical database connection connects a Replication Server to a local database that contains primary or replicate data. A Replication Server distributes messages to and from a database via a connection.
Error Class Commands
An error class is a name under which error handling actions—such as retry and ignore—are assigned to specific data server errors.
Function and Function String Commands
You can use function strings to program Replication Server to execute customized commands at destination databases.
Warm Standby Database Commands
A Replication Server warm standby application maintains two Adaptive Server databases, one of which functions as a standby or backup copy of the other. Replication Server’s connection to the active and standby databases is called a logical connection.

Parent topic: Introduction to the Replication Command Language