Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to SQL Server Replication: STEP 1 - Introduction to SQL Server Replication

Great article Sebastian. One that I am highly interested in.

Can I ask what you prerequisites are there which make a database a good candidate for merge replication across different sites over a geographical difference?

Is it just an issue of bandwidth? Are there other requirements such as certain schema modifications, identity column being required, or other structural requirements?

What would stop a database from being a candidate for replication?

thanks.

Hi Sebastian, It's nice article. For your information, I started my carreer in DBA very recently, though I worked in other technical skillset that too because of my interese in the database. And I started to learn the concept of Replication and found that your articles is very information and easy to understand for beginners too.

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Komathi S

This article is very easy to follow, I have one "small" problem though. I have to problems setting up my server (which I'm testing using just that one server for the distributor, publisher and subscriber). However, I get an error when I first try running the subscription, the error that I get is "The process could not execute 'sp_replcmds' on servername" I'm not really sure what is the problem. Can you redirect me in the right way to solve this? or should I post my question in one of the forums?

thank you.

Sebastian, I think that your article is very good for a step 1. Looking forward to seeing the rest. I do have a problem though, with the publication steps. You state that the next 3 screens are for setting up the filter, but you do not go into filters. Will this also be covered later?

Steve Jimmo
Sr DBA
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

What does this have to do with SQL Server Replication? Are we allowed to advertise on here?

Steve Jimmo
Sr DBA
“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

I can't possibly imagine we are. That's what the "Report!" button is for (among other things). :-D

Its really very helpful for those who are new to SQL journey.

By mistake I rated 1 * . I can't update now to 4.5.

Thanks.

Great post!

Sebastian thank you for a great series of articles it really explains replication without tech-savvy vocabulary.
However, I'm having a problem. At least I think so, because I'm new in replication.

When I try to configure distribution for a database restored from *.bak file I can't do it.
It keeps telling me that database name used for distribution already exist.
Then, I dropped the database hoping this would help and it seemed it did, except that following the process described in
Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 1 - Introduction to SQL Server Replication
created my DB in system databases. :O
Why is that so, and what am I doing wrong?


Please help.