"Jazper Manto" <ejazper@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi
>
> i have sql 2000 sp3 and a merge publication with a filter. additional i
> have a client with msde also sp3 with is subscriber to the
> server-publication.
>
> the replication worked just fine for weeks. on one day i made a sync
> with lots of data. while synchronizing the computer shutdown into
> standby. after waking up i had a error message from the sql server that
> he lost connection or something. til here no problem. so i just tried
> again to synchronize. i received the error "merge process could not
> initialize publisher XXX"
>
> so i clicked on "reinitialize" on the subscriber. he said then that he
> would do it when the merge agent starts the next time. so i synchronized
> again and it worked very fast. a bit too fast because ALL data in the
> table he should have synchronized has gone. obviously deleted...
>
> can i restore this data again without backup :-)
> is this the correct behavour of a reinitialize??? if yes, what should i
> have done else? if no, what happend then?
>
> thanx for every hint
> jazper