hi, this is srikanth, i got a question , i.e. how do u refresh a database from production server to the development server while the database is in replication. reply me plz thanks an Regards
To my knowledge you can simply backup and do th erestore to get the database back on DEV, but if you need to re impliment replication on the same database here's the link which can help you. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152560.aspx
Welcome to the forums. If you need to refresh the database between the environments on regular basis then REPLICATION is useful for the required tables, if you need the complete database then you can follow as Shashank suggested by using BACKUP/RESTORE methods. On top of this you must think about credentials and sensitive data that might be visible for other that is not supposed to be.
shrikanth do you have replication on your dev server? if so, please use keep replication while restoring database. regards