"Paul Ibison" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> John,
> when the merge process first starts, a snapshot of the
> articles is created. This is simply a set of text files.
> These files are inserted into the MSDE database using a
> command-line utility called BCP. The only requirement is
> for there to be a database on MSDE that you can use as one
> isn't created on the fly. All this is performed using
> snapshot and merge agents. You might want to have a look
> at this article on 'How Merge Replication Works' on MSDN
> which goes into more detail:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
> url=/library/en-us/replsql/repltypes_30z7.asp
> Regards,
> Paul Ibison
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am using Sql Server 2000 and MSDE. I want to use merge
> replication.
> >The primary database is on the SQL Server. When I install
> the client
> >app written in VB.Net, should the client create a local
> identical DB
> >to the one on the server or is there a way to pull down a
> copy of the
> >database from the server to the client. I am not sure how
> the
> >architecture works, any help appreciated.
> >
> >Regards
> >John
> >
> >
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"Paul Ibison" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hilary,
> interesting. Judging by the output files I always assumed
> it was bcp. Is there any major distinction or is
> odbcbcp.dll simply a set of wraper functions (API) for bcp?
> Regards,
> Paul Ibison