http://blogs.msdn.com/laxmi/archive/tags/Connectivity/default.aspxTags: Connectivityen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/laxmi/archive/2008/03/16/connectivity-cookbook.aspxSun, 16 Mar 2008 15:38:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8245908laxminro0http://blogs.msdn.com/laxmi/comments/8245908.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/laxmi/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8245908http://blogs.msdn.com/laxmi/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8245908<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Merge Replication</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Making deployment easy by automatic new subscriber creation with a copied subscription.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/26/merge-subscribe-once-copy-and-deploy-multiple-times.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/26/merge-subscribe-once-copy-and-deploy-multiple-times.aspx">See more</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Avoid heavy handshake and empty synchronizations by detecting the pending changes on <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/26/howto-pending-changes-for-a-merge-subscription-server-side.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/26/howto-pending-changes-for-a-merge-subscription-server-side.aspx">server</A> and <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/04/18/howto-pending-changes-for-a-merge-subscription.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/04/18/howto-pending-changes-for-a-merge-subscription.aspx">client</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Get the best out-of SQL Server Database Mirroring and <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/20/replication-and-database-mirroring-failover-support.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/20/replication-and-database-mirroring-failover-support.aspx">Failover</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Know more and do better<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/04/18/merge-replication-system-tables.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/04/18/merge-replication-system-tables.aspx">What is in the system</A>?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo3"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/19/howto-detect-the-database-is-merge-replicated.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/19/howto-detect-the-database-is-merge-replicated.aspx">Verifying the system</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Remote Data Access (RDA)</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraph style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">This has to be as thin as RDA </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings">J</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">, hence just <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/01/23/rda-subscriptions.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/01/23/rda-subscriptions.aspx"><FONT color=#800080>FAQ</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Common</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Getting ready for enterprise, <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/19/http-internet-proxy-detection-using-wince-api.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/06/19/http-internet-proxy-detection-using-wince-api.aspx">working with proxies</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Cross Version Compatibility (<A href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/sqlmobile/connectivity-tools.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/sqlmobile/connectivity-tools.mspx">v3.1</A>, <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/12/19/connectivity-cross-version-compatibility-sql-server-compact-3-5.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/12/19/connectivity-cross-version-compatibility-sql-server-compact-3-5.aspx"><FONT color=#800080>v3.5</FONT></A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Troubleshooting the system<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN">Have you ever got annoyed with 28559, <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/07/annoying-error-28559-encountered-problems-when-opening-the-database.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservercompact/archive/2007/02/07/annoying-error-28559-encountered-problems-when-opening-the-database.aspx">kill that</A>!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8245908" width="1" height="1">Connectivity