Thank you SQLAJ. Yes there are many ways, for example, I can use SSIS and everything works beautifully but that's without replication. I was hoping that someone could give me an example of a successful refresh with replication already in place for other reasons unrelated to refreshing. It doesn't mean that the refresh solution should involve replication, just that replication needs to be accommodated. I have been searching for an answer to this for quite a while and have googled my fingers to the bone without finding any examples so I thought I would post. I usually don't post until I'm despairing of ever finding a solution to somethimng. :unsure: