Updatable Subscriptions Deprecated in SQL Server 2012

After spending some time looking at SQL Server 2012 CTP3, it appears as if Transactional Publication with Updatable Subscriptions will...

Updatable Subscriptions Removed in SQL Server 2012

After spending some time looking at SQL Server 2012 CTP3, it appears as if Transactional Publication with Updatable Subscriptions will...

SQL Saturday #92 Lunch: Bend Area Gathering

There's nothing more I love than free food and SQL Server, no joke.  I take my free food and SQL...

Replication Agent Logging

To troubleshoot replication agent failures, replication agent profiles can be configured to output verbose agent logs to a text file. ...

Applying a Snapshot -AltSnapshotFolder Parameter

Did you know a snapshot can be applied using the Distribution and Merge Agent –AltSnapshotFolder parameter?  This means that after...

Marking FK Constraints NOT FOR REPLICATION

When administering Merge Replication, sometimes we need to mark foreign
key constraints NOT FOR REPLICATION.  In some cases, we might...

Non-Convergence of Replicated Data

Brad McGehee over at SQL Aloha posted his July Question: What Do You Think are the Most Common DBA Pain...

The Proxy Auto-configuration URL was not found

When configuring Merge Replication for Web Synchronization it's common to encounter the error The Proxy Auto-configuration URL was not foundand
...

Accidentally Dropped the Distribution Database

Have you made the mistake of dropping your distribution database like this?

If so, remember not to do this ever again. ...

Replicating XML Columns

One caveat that’s worth mentioning is replicating the XML data type in
SQL Server using Merge Replication.  Sometimes, when replicating...