Thanks for your response. You have inspired me to investigate SQL 2005.
"Michael Hotek" wrote:
> Nothing "pressing". You get a lot of new functionality as well as
> signficant performance benefits. The main reasons that I'm seeing my
> customers upgrading lots of replicated systems to 2005 are:
> 1. DDL replication
> 2. Dramatic reduction in errors that you really couldn't do anything about
> 3. Large performance gains
>
> --
> Mike
>
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> or entity either by inference or direct reference.
>
> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4F59F1C0-D957-4D4A-ABA1-F593E5498F48@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your response. I will check out your book and I will watch your
> > webcast on the subject. One last question. We currently have SQL 2000. Is
> > there any pressing need to upgrade to SQL 2005 to do transactional
> > replication? Thanks again
> >
> > "Hilary Cotter" wrote:
> >
> >> No, you only need 1 server - this could be your publisher, distributor
> >> and
> >> subscriber. The most common deployment is with the publisher and
> >> distributor
> >> on the same server, but the subscriber being on a remote server.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hilary Cotter
> >> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> >>
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html > >>
> >> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> >>
http://www.indexserverfaq.com > >>
> >> "Greg" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0891CE5A-12C1-4FF8-B6CD-1585C3C1C2FD@microsoft.com...
> >> > This should be an easy question. I just started reading about
> >> > transactional
> >> > replication and just wanted to make sure I understood the concept. If I
> >> > were
> >> > to employ this I would need 3 servers. The Publisher on 1 server, the
> >> > distributor on another server and the subscriber on the 3 rd server. Is
> >> > this
> >> > correct? TIA
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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