Mat Stephen's SQL Server WebLog : Replication

New SQL 2005 code samples available

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:15:00 GMT

I guess now the pressure is off to release the product we'll see more useful samples comming out of corp; here's a link to the latest December update:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/samples/default.aspx

Upgrading a SQL Replication Topology

Mat_Stephen — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:11:00 GMT

Jonathan Allen wrote to me asking what order one should upgrade servers in a replication topology - pointing out that this doesn't seem obviouis from Books On Line, which I agree.

The answer is essentially the same as for any previous upgrade: Distributor first (as it has to handle new and old log record formats), then the Publisher and finally the Subscribers.

Follow up on Replication Columns question in my TechNet SQL 2005 presentation (14/6/05)

Mat_Stephen — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:55:00 GMT

Question: How many columns does SQL Server 2005 allow in a published article (SQL Server 2000 was linited to 254)?

Answer: The column limit for transactional replication, I'm informed, is now in excess of 1000.