Sync Framework, Odata and no access to remote system

Question

Hello,

I have the task to sync ( that means "read from remote db if new data available and write into local db" ) a (local) MS SQL
Server db with a remote db which is accessible via Odata. This is the only way to access that db, I have no control over
the remote system at all. As far as I know there is no Sync framework running on the remote server. After searching the
web I noticed the Sync Framework, which seems pretty neat. I already read some docs, but couldn´t find any hint yet
whether it is applicable in my case ( no control over the remote system ). Could anyone make a suggestion ?

Thank you very much in advance

Answer 1

if the only way you can connect to the remote database is via OData, you will have to build your own custom sync provider to specifically talk to that interface.

having said that, does your remote database even track changes? how do you know inserts, updates and deletes since the last sync?

Answer 2

Thank you for your reply. Obviously I don´t know enough about the Sync Framework. As far as I know, the remote db doesn´t
track changes (Its hard to get answers from the guys running that db). I thought it would be somehow possible that I don´t
have to poll for changes on my own. I had the hope that its somehow possible to "give" the Sync Framework the Odata
connection, the local db and to specify an update interval ( I know that it is not that easy in real life :) .

Answer 3

if the source itself doesn't track changes, how can Sync Fx infer the changes? 

Sync Fx works on the concept of incremental changes or what has changed since the last sync. 

It's not like trying to get diff between the two replicas and synchronizing the differences.