Central Subscriber Model Explained
The majority of SQL Server Replication topologies are based on the Central Publisher model, which is comprised of a single...
2013-01-28
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Chad Churchwell: Protect Your Replication Environment with AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Heads up everyone. Next Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 Chad Churchwell (blog | twitter) will be presenting a webinar on behalf of...
2013-01-16
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Auditing changes in Merge Replication
One trick I have learned from the folks on the Replication Support Team is how to proactively audit data changes...
2012-10-17 (first published: 2012-10-10)
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Implementing a replication agent progess bar
Using Replication Management Objects, SQL Server subscriptions can be synchronized programmatically without using SQL Server Agent or SQL Server Management...
2012-05-06
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter: Replication with Hilary Cotter
I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday April 11th 2012 Hilary Cotter will be presenting for the PASS DBA Virtual...
2012-04-10
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Synchronizing subscriptions in SQL Server Express
I was recently asked about synchronizing a Merge pull subscription in SQL Server Express using RMO, the lack of a...
2012-03-13 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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Executing scripts with sp_addscriptexec
Looking for ways to do things more quickly and efficiently, I thought I would talk a little bit about sp_addscriptexec...
2012-02-10
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Arithmetic Overflow in sp_MSarticle_validation
This is probably a rare occurrence — but I've noticed that data validation for an article with 10 billion or more...
2012-02-07
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Creating merge replication conflict alerts
One of the challenges in working with Merge Replication is handling conflicts since writes can occur at any node in...
2012-01-28
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How to set the default replication agent profile
Over the last couple of years I've come to the conclusion that the default replication agent profiles just don't cut...
2012-01-25 (first published: 2012-01-22)
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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