Replication methods: Snapshot, merge or transactional

SQL Server replication methods include snapshot, merge and transactional replication. Learn how to choose a method, set up SQL replication and avoid the 'gotchas.'

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 21 - Using Replication Management Objects

Recent installments of this series have demonstrated SQL Server 2005 Express Edition's replication characteristics by taking advantage of replication-specific executables and T-SQL code combined with Windows Synchronization Manager and Web Synchronization technologies. This article explores another method of reaching the same goal, which involves Replication Management Objects (RMO).

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Measure Latencies in Replication implemented using SQL Server 2005

The Architecting Magic Behind Taking Mash Ups Offline

While most of the complexity you encounter in synchronization efforts will be unique to your application and infrastructure, synchronization works best when it's designed to be a core feature in each data store.

SQL 2005 - List value of 'Not For Replication'

Script will list all identity columns with valus of 'Not for Replication'

How to Break Replication

David Poole is a regular author at SQLServerCentral.com, sharing many of his knowledge and experiences with us over the years. This time he examines some of the issues that you might have with replication.

Snapshots - Part 1

Longtime replication expert Andy Warren takes a look at the initial snapshots involved with replication and dives into an explanation of what's involved.

Init From Backup

Replication can be confusing to many new SQL Server DBAs and some of the optmizations are not well described in Books Online. SQL Server replication expert and trainer Andy Warren brings us a technique for initializing replication without a snapshot.

Replication Queue Agent

Replication Framework