Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference)

Avoiding Replication

For certain applications, where a device connects to a wireless LAN or to a wireless network operating in a benign locality where the wireless signal is rarely interrupted, the device is connected to a network most of the time. In this case, where the device has reliable access to the back-end server systems in the enterprise, you might be able to avoid caching and replicating data. For example, if a connection is available, an application can use direct access to SQL Server 2000. Direct access has the advantage of allowing the application to see the entire database held by the host computer in the enterprise rather than a local subset, and the data will be live (except for changes made by other mobile devices that haven’t ...