Setup Sybase (SQL Anywhere) for sending and receiving SMS

In this chapter you can learn about how to send and receive SMS messages using a Sybase (SQL Anywhere) database server with your Ozeki Phone System. In this guide you can get information about the installation steps, the database connection string, the database connection type and the database table layout for Sybase (SQL Anywhere) database server.

In order to send or receive SMS messages using a Sybase (SQL Anywhere) database server, you need to following the instructions.

During the configuration you should choose the following database connection type:

OleDb

You should use the next database connection string:

Provider=ASAProv.90;UID=MyUsername;PWD=MyPassword;DatabaseFile=DatabaseFileLocationOnYourComputer.db;
EngineName=Yourdbenginename;Start=YourDatabaseBinaryLocation.exe -c 32M;AutoStop=Yes

The database connection string have to be modified to match your database.

The connection string and the connection type should be entered on the SQL SMS API configuration form.

specifying connection string for sybase database
Figure 1 - Specifying the connection string for the Sybase (SQL Anywhere) database

Figure 2 shows the SQL queries that will send the SMS messages from your database.

sql queries for receiving sms messages
Figure 2 - SQL queries for receiving SMS messages

Under the SQL for receiving tab, you need to provide an SQL query that will store the incoming SMS messages. Figure 3 shows the SQL query that you need to use.

sql query for sending sms messages
Figure 3 - SQL query for sending SMS messages

After the SQL SMS API has been configured in the Ozeki Phone System, you need to create the database tables for SQL SMS API. Use the following table layout: 

-- -----------------------------------------------------
-- Table `OzekiPBX`.`ozpbxmessageout`
-- -----------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE "ozpbxmessageout" (
	"id" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT autoincrement,
	"sender" varchar(30) NULL,
	"receiver" varchar(30) NULL,
	"msg" text NULL,
	"senttime" varchar(100) NULL,
	"receivedtime" varchar(100) NULL,
	"reference" varchar(100) NULL,
	"status" varchar(20) NULL,
	"msgtype" varchar(160) NULL,
	"operator" varchar(100) NULL,
	"errormsg" varchar(250) NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY ("id")
)

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-- -----------------------------------------------------
-- Table `OzekiPBX`.`ozpbxmessagein`
-- -----------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE "ozpbxmessagein" (
	"id" integer NOT NULL DEFAULT autoincrement,
	"sender" varchar(30) NULL,
	"receiver" varchar(30) NULL,
	"msg" text NULL,
	"senttime" varchar(100) NULL,
	"receivedtime" varchar(100) NULL,
	"extension" varchar(100) NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY ("id")
)

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CREATE INDEX "ozpbxmessageinindex" ON "ozpbxmessagein" 
( 
	"id" ASC 
) 

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CREATE INDEX "ozpbxmessageoutindex" ON "ozpbxmessageout"
( 
	"id" ASC 
) 

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It is strongly recommended to maintain an index in the database for the 'id' field of the outgoing SMS table to support faster SQL updates.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at info@ozekiphone.com.

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