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How can I determine the date of a snapshot in SQL Server 2008r2?

I am working on implementing an ETL process to load data into a warehouse. Part of this process is pulling data from our production server (Server P) to a staging server where the actual load into ...
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Does SQL Server Snapshot replication completely copy the data every time or does it issue deltas?

I am looking at snapshot replication between two servers. Here is what I have: 500GB database ~500MB nightly bcp loads ~50MB daily transactions I was asking other DBAs in the company about which ...
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Merge replication - can't create snapshot – timeout

I have a SQL Server 2008 database, and I need a merge replication because I want to sync with mobile devices afterwards. So I created a replication but when it comes to start the snapshot agent, the ...
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Transactional Replication snapshot locking Publisher db from beginning

I have recently upgraded my remote distributor to 2008r2. I am getting complete system locks when attempting to generate a new snapshot in the day when we have added an article to the publication (we ...
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SQL 2005 Replication - How do I get the DA Profile MaxBCP option to work with a Transactional Publication?

I have two publications on a database. One is a transactional publication, the other is a snapshot publication. We have a stand-alone Distributor (separate from the publisher) and both publications ...
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Why are Stored Procedure schema changes not being replicated when using ”initialize with backup”?

In SQL Server I have set up transational replication using the "initialize with backup" option. Data is being replicated fine, as are schema changes to tables. However, schema changes to stored ...