Replication Model for Vantage on MSSQL

Vantage 8.03 on MSSQL 2005.



I want to create a read-only replication of my GL data at a remote
site for some reporting needs.



Vantage's MSSQL schema doesn't have PKs defined in-schema so
transactional replication won't work in MSSQL.



Merge replication wants to add a new ROWGUID column to act as a unique
identifier, and says the following.



Will this break Vantage?



Has anyone set this up for a similar purpose (off-loading reporting to
another server/remote site) and if so how do you do it safely?



-bws



All merge articles must contain a uniqueidentifier column with a unique
index and the ROWGUIDCOL property. SQL Server adds a uniqueidentifier
column to published tables that do not have one when the first snapshot
is generated.



Adding a new column will:

> Cause INSERT statements without column lists to fail

> Increase the size of the table

> Increase the time required to generate the first snapshot



SQL Server will add a uniqueidentifier column with a unique index and
the ROWGUIDCOL property to each of the following tables.



[dbo].[company]

[dbo].[glchart]

[dbo].[gldept]

[dbo].[gldiv]

[dbo].[gljrndtl]

[dbo].[gljrngrp]

[dbo].[gljrnhed]

[dbo].[gljrnhedext]

[dbo].[gljrnsrc]

[dbo].[glopnbal]

[dbo].[glperbal]

[dbo].[glratype]

[dbo].[glrecdtl]

[dbo].[glreched]

[dbo].[glrefact]

[dbo].[glrefcod]

[dbo].[glreftyp]







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