Hi DHeath,

The Type of replication I am doing is merge replication and I have a two hop setup where I have

Publisher->Publisher Subscriber(Republishing Server)->Subscriber

and I am also using Web Synchronization from the Republishing Server to the Subscriber

with a PULL setup on the Subscriber.

The subscriber is on SQL 2005 Express SP3 btw and the Publishers are all on sql 2005 SP3.

When I try and create another publication on a table with Automatic Identity Key

management i get the above error.

The reasoning behind wanting to try out having multiple Publisher entries for the same table

is due to the he table in question being a Global table across

multiple companies and each subscriber only cares about data from their company so if i create

a publication for each company then each subscriber consumes less data.

I agree that Replication is a Monster and the less you have to manage the better but as a first step

I would like to give it a test and see how it behaves.

If anyone has any personal experience with this issue and can offer some advice it would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

MMck