Hello, I have 2 SQL 2005 servers setup in a Peer to Peer Transactional Replication. I am in the process of upgrading the in house code and need to make a change to a table data type. This table is part of the Peer to Peer Transactional Replication. What do I have to do before I can change this table date type? Thank you for your time and assistance.
What is the exact change you are planning? datetime datatype to what type you want to change? Check BOL "Making Schema Changes on Publication Databases" for details... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151870.aspx
Bear in mind if you have any SQL compact edition clients within this replication, they may fail and in this case you have re-initialize the subscription.
We're a small SQL 2005 shop. All our SQL Clients for the replication are SQL 2005 Enterprise so this wont be an issue.