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Is a geographically distributed application with SQL Server replication a good idea?

We are currently thinking about a target architecture for a geographically distributed application. This application tracks and schedules the movements of all material units across various production ...
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Merge Statement + Replication difference for SQL Server 2012

We have a SSIS package that will pull from a source database and run a merge statement to put the data into a "Master" database. (Eventually the "Master" database will be the source of truth, but we ...
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“Arithmetic overflow” when initializing SQL Server 2012 replication from backup

I'm initializing SQL Server replication from a backup, by following instructions from here: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2386/initialize-sql-server-replication-using-a-database-backup/ ...
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Transactional Replication Concerns

We are debating an architecture that employs sql server 2012 and transaction replication. Idea is to offload reporting activity to a secondary server and have the ability to include/exclude what is ...
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Best way to perform SQL Server replication over multiple servers?

My current setup requires me to use three separate SQL Server 2012 instances (installed on 3 separate machines, separated geographically) and have the data be replicated across all 3. Any changes made ...
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Upgrade SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2012

I have a test environment set up with the following: Virtual Machine (Hyper-V) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1(x64-bit) Windows SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition SP4 (x64-bit)(default instance name) 1 ...
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2012 Transactional replication not delivering new articles

I have added a new article to an existing push publication with the following code sp_addarticle @publication='statics', article='FlightBaggageMarkup_tbl',source_object='FlightBaggageMarkup_tbl' ...
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Merge replication SQL Server 2008 publisher with SQL Server 2012 subscriber

is this somehow possible to have SQL Server 2008 publisher with a SQL Server 2012 subscriber for merge replication?
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How to Remove Articles Based on User

I am using merge replication on SQL 2012. I have a very large database with a large number of tables. The subscribers are using netbooks. I have a filtering scheme that controls which tables end up ...
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Is there a way to start a script on the publisher when synchronization starts?

I am using merge replication with pull subscriptions and Web Sync. What is the easiest way to start a SQL script on the publication database when a subscriber starts the synchronization process? ...
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Mirroring and Availability Groups in SQL2012

I've been looking at the new features of SQL 2012, and how it can help my current situation. Currently we're on SQL 2008R2, and replicate two OLTP servers' databases to a single reporting server via ...
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SQL Server 2012 replication permissions with virtual user and agent credentials

For development/testing I set up replication in SQL Server 2012 RC0 (11.0.1750) using the default permissions on the agent, and I'm getting this error: Message: Access to the path 'C:\Program ...