Setting up a One-way Replication from Sybase to Oracle

Source (Sybase ASE 15.5)

Target (Oracle Database 11.2.0.1)

isql -Ususer -Psybaseuser -SASE1
>use sydatabase
>go

connect sybase_user/sybase_user

CREATE TABLE regions(
region_id NUMERIC (6,0)
CONSTRAINT region_id NOT NULL,
region_name VARCHAR(25))
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX reg_id_pk ON regions (region_id)
ALTER TABLE regions ADD CONSTRAINT reg_id_pk PRIMARY KEY (region_id)

create table regions(
region_id number not null primary key,
region_name varchar2(25));

INSERT INTO regions VALUES (1, 'Europe')
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 2, 'Americas')
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 3, 'Asia')
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 4, 'Middle East and Africa')

INSERT INTO regions VALUES (1, 'Europe');
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 2, 'Americas');
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 3, 'Asia');
INSERT INTO regions VALUES ( 4, 'Middle East and Africa');

> select count(1) from regions
> go
-----------
4

SQL> select count(1) from regions;
COUNT(1)
----------
         4

Source

1> use sydatabase

2> go

1> dbcc settrunc('ltm', 'valid')

2> go

ltm_truncpage ltm_trunc_state db_rep_stat gen_id dbid dbname lti_version
------------- --------------- ----------- ----------- ------ ------------ -----------
      524307                1           1           0      5   sydatabase           0

Source                                                                                                         

Target

GGSCI >dblogin sourcedb sydatabase@ASE1 userid ogguser password ogguser
GGSCI > list table suser.*
suser.regions
Found 1 tables matching list criteria.
GGSCI > info trandata suser.regions
Transaction logging disabled for table suser.regions.
GGSCI > add trandata suser.regions
Transaction logging enabled for table suser.regions.

GGSCI > dblogin userid orclgg, password Oracle
Successfully logged into database.
GGSCI > list table sybase_user.*
SYBASE_USER.REGIONS
Found 1 tables matching list criteria.

Source                                                                   

Target

GGSCI>edit param defgen

Copy the generated ./dirout/regions.def on the source to the target.

Source 

Target 

emaster.prm:

 rmaster.prm:

Adding the Extract:
GGSCI> add extract emastr, tranlog, begin now
GGSCI> add exttrail ./dirdat/em, extract emastr, megabytes 50  

Adding the Replicat:
GGSCI >edit param ./GLOBALS
CHECKPOINTTABLE orclgg.ogg_chktable
GGSCI>add checkpointtable
GGSCI>add replicat rmastr, exttrail ./dirdat/pm

pmastr.prm:

Adding the Pump:
GGSCI > add extract pmastr, exttrailsource ./dirdat/em
EXTRACT added.
GGSCI > add rmttrail ./dirdat/pm, extract pmastr, megabytes 50
RMTTRAIL added.

Insert a New Record in Sybase
1>  Insert into regions values(5,'Antarctica')
2> go
(1 row affected)

SQL> select * from regions;
 REGION_ID REGION_NAME
---- ----------------------
         1 Europe
         2 Americas
         3 Asia
         4 Middle East and Africa
         5 Antarctica

Delete a Record in Sybase
1> delete from regions where region_id=5
2> go
(1 row affected)

SQL> select * from regions;
 REGION_ID REGION_NAME
---- ----------------------
         1 Europe
         2 Americas
        3 Asia
         4 Middle East and Africa