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all groups > sql server replication > march 2007 > threads for march 29 - 31, 2007

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SQL 2005 cannot subscribe to SQL 2000 Publication
Posted by Aubrey at 3/31/2007 7:26:01 PM
How do I / Can I use SQL 2005 Express Edition to subscribe to a SQL 2000 Publication? I attempted to use Windows Synchronizer to create an Anonymous Merge Subscription on a Laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. It 'complained' that SQL 2005 cannot s...more >>

Can this direction of merge replication be specified?
Posted by Oskar at 3/31/2007 10:36:01 AM
Hi, In whatever version of SQL Server 2005, can I make merge or any other type of replication to replicate data only from subscriber to publisher (only upload changes)? -- Thanks, Oskar. ...more >>

Merge replication row filter
Posted by JC at 3/31/2007 10:07:05 AM
I have a situation which I can't seem to find an answer to. I have merge replication set up in SQL2005 and everything seems to work find except that the row filter for a table isn't working 100%. I have 200 or so field guys who have SQL Express installed on their laptops who syncronize data back...more >>

Comparing database structures
Posted by Earl at 3/30/2007 10:10:08 PM
I'm trying to evaluate the RedGate SQLCompare tool and it did a nice comparison between an up-to-date version and an older version of the same database. However, when I try to synchronize, it synchronizes the normal tables, then I get a message: The following error message was returned from...more >>

Invalid character value for cast specification/other errors
Posted by Doug at 3/30/2007 10:20:00 AM
We are on SQL Server 2000 SP3 We are trying to get to SQL 2005, but cannot do that until we consolidate our databases so the upgrade will complete in a reasonable amount of time. I am trying to use bcp to copy data out from each database and move it into a centralized database. Of the 1...more >>

Subscriber record is missing from subscriber DB
Posted by Leon at 3/30/2007 9:14:04 AM
Hi All. SQL Server 2000, merge replication Record created by subscriber on subscriber DB (has ID not in publisher range) exists on publisher but on subscriber. We are using upload and download as a separated in time processes. Subscriber definitely re-subscribed at one point of time (got...more >>

Replicating one table to another table (with different structure)
Posted by vsp at 3/30/2007 4:38:03 AM
I have 2 databases and plan to user transactional or snapshot replication to replicate data from db1 to db2. db1.table1 name char(20), addr char(500) and db2.table2 has entity char(20), addr1 char(100), addr2 char(100) etc. Table Names & column Names and different but type remain same. Can...more >>

EXACT sequence of events in sync mirroring
Posted by Methodology at 3/30/2007 1:18:03 AM
Hi I need to know exactly the sequence of events in synchronous mirroring mode. What im reading is this: 1. tranaction recved from a client by primary 2. primary writes trans to trans log 3. log written to dbase ie to disk from log on primary and concurrently sends log to mirror. 4. Pri...more >>



what is a Merge Conflicts ?
Posted by Ravi Lobo at 3/29/2007 6:04:03 PM
How does conflicts happen in merge replication? Whether it is a) rows updated at the SAME TIME at different subscribers? Or b) synchronization is not depend on time but depend on when you synchronise it ? ...more >>

Merge replication re-initialization
Posted by Ravi Lobo at 3/29/2007 5:56:00 PM
I have 2 questions, 1. In what circumstances a subscriber need a re-initialization? 2. When I re initialize the second time, Does it re applies the whole snapshot to the subscriber again or applies only the delta corrections? ...more >>

Setup Merge Publication from Scratch
Posted by bt7403 at 3/29/2007 4:14:01 PM
Just installed SQL Server 2K5 SP1-default install-using local acct-copied new db from another server-configured snapshot and merge agent using impersonate SQL settings ok-ran snapshot ok-ran merge agent and saw this in Monitor details Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'-error...more >>

replication error
Posted by shunyen at 3/29/2007 4:05:02 PM
we are replicating from SQL 2000 to Oracle via linked server. and are getting the following error "The process encountered invalid column data in bcp file", the bcp file is too big to investigate it, any one has any insight of this? ...more >>

Add Index to a Published article
Posted by Steve at 3/29/2007 12:56:07 PM
How can I add an index to a article in a Merge publication and have that go to the subscribers? Thanks, Steve...more >>

Merge replication - schema change. Am I in trouble?
Posted by Rafael Lenartowicz at 3/29/2007 12:35:16 PM
after update from 2000SP4 to 2005SP2 I noticed two stored procedures having issue due to changed functionality of the @@IDENTITY vs. SCOPE_INDETITY(). I changed them on the publisher/distributor and regenrated the snapshot before marking subscriptions for reinitialization. Next sync supposed t...more >>

Expiring and Reinitializing Subscriptions
Posted by Crash at 3/29/2007 10:58:18 AM
Publisher: Windows 2000 SP4 SQL2005 SP1 Subscriber:SQL Server Express Tablet XP SP2 If I have a subscription retention of 20 days and a subscriber never misses a 20 day window; aka they never "expire" because they always replicate within the retention period, what happens to the replicatio...more >>

Programmatic synchronizing and metadata
Posted by Car at 3/29/2007 10:56:02 AM
Hello, I created a subscription programmatically so I have the CreateSyncAgentByDefaut property = false. Do I have to do some additional functions to work with and clean up the subscription metadata. Thanks for your help. ...more >>


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