The Trouble with Transactional Replication and large articles.
This article will show you one way to quickly restore SQL Server replication with huge tables.
2012-05-18
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Replication
Understanding Retention Periods for SQL Server Transactional Replication
I have transactional replication configured in production. I have heard about the replication retention period, but what is the significance of this. Would there be any impact to my replication configuration if data is not synchronized with the subscriptions within the retention period?
2012-04-17
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Renaming a Published SQL Server Database
I have transactional replication configured in production. I am wondering if we could rename the publication database in transactional replication without having to drop and recreate the replication set up. Also, is it possible to rename the database files of the publication database without affecting the replication configuration.
2012-04-10
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Init Replication From Backup
One of the great features with SQL Replication is the ability to initialize a subscription from backup instead of from a snapshot. The official use for this is to take a database backup and restore it to a subscriber then replicate any additional changes to the backup.
2012-04-02
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2012-02-16
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2012-01-30
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2012-01-12
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Options to reinitialize subscriptions in SQL Server replication
I have transactional replication configured in my production environment with multiple subscribers. The business team has requested that one of the subscriptions be reinitialized, because they think there is some missing data. In this tip we look at the different options that you can use to reinitialize a subscription for transactional replication.
2011-12-27
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Options to not replicate SQL Server DELETE commands
I have transactional replication configured in my production environment. The business team has requested that I do not replicate delete operations on certain articles. In this tip we look at a couple of options to not replicate DELETE commands.
2011-11-04
2,963 reads
Update multiple servers in a single bound
Learn how you can update multiple servers in a single bound with this technique from Kimberly Killian.
2011-10-24
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers