<peetyport@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have merge replication running with the following topology:
>
> SQL2K5(PUB)------->SQL2K5(REPUB/SUB)------->SQLExpress2K5(SUB)
>
> So, I have a publication which is pulled by two
> republishers/subscribers. My clients pull from one of the two
> republishers. The articles are filtered by HOSTNAME(). Almost every
> time a client synchronizes, it downloads the same number of updates.
> If I make a change it correctly increments the number of updates; if I
> make one change the clients will always download the same number of
> updates + 1. I have dropped the publication numerous times and even
> moved the parent publication to a new server. Any ideas on how to
> tackle this problem would be immensely appreciated. My boss has issued
> a "CODE RED"! :-)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Stephen
>

Hilary Cotter wrote:
> Can you run some validations to determine if everything is synchronized. Its
> unclear to me whether this is a problem or not.
>