In this chapter we looked at ways to implement advanced Streams features and configurations using specialized parameters, procedures, and techniques.

We covered how to replicate a subset of rows from a table to a destination site.

We addressed Tags; what they are, and how they can be used to fine-tune how capture, propagate, and Apply processes handle each individual LCR.

We looked at Rules, which are the framework of Streams, and their evaluation criteria and action context. We also investigated how to extend these components to meet special needs via Rule Based Transformation, and User-Created Rules and Evaluation Contexts. We also discussed how to manage rules created using the different packages available, and some does and don'ts along the way.

Plus, we presented examples of how to configure advanced Streamed environments such as Synchronous and Down-Stream Capture, Streams Change Tables, Propagation Split and Merge, and Heterogeneous Streaming using the traditional Heterogeneous Services and Transparent Gateways, and the new XSTREAMS.

In the next chapter we will address a necessary evil that almost every developer-techno-geek avoids like the plague…Documentation! It's a dirty job, but will make your life easier in the long run. No really, it will…Promise!