Merge Replication over Internet with MSDE and Sql Server (Urgent)

Hello,
I would like to setup Merge Replication between a central Sql Server as
publisher and a variety of MSDE clients as subscribers. The catch that I am
running into is that I want to be able to do this over the Internet. I have
set this up with SQL CE, so I assume that it is possible with MSDE, however,
I just can't seem to find any documentation on this. I would appreciate it
if someone could tell me if this is possible or not.
Other questions I have (but have not research a ton for yet are)
1) How can I programatically kick off a sync on the MSDE from a .NET
application?
2) If conflicts occur, how can I programatically get the conflicts back to
the client application to display in a form and allow the user to resolve
them?
It is frustrating that this is so easy with SQL CE and here I can't seem to
figure out how to do it with MSDE.
Thanks so much for your help.
Marie
Create your publication for anonymous pull. Use the merge ActiveX control on
the subscriber to pull the subscription.
You will need to specify the publisher name, network name (ie ipaddress or
FQDN), and transport mechanism using Publisher, PublisherAddress, and
PublisherNetwork properties respectively.
Check out this link for more info.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=sql2k
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"Marie" <Marie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I would like to setup Merge Replication between a central Sql Server as
> publisher and a variety of MSDE clients as subscribers. The catch that I
am
> running into is that I want to be able to do this over the Internet. I
have
> set this up with SQL CE, so I assume that it is possible with MSDE,
however,
> I just can't seem to find any documentation on this. I would appreciate
it
> if someone could tell me if this is possible or not.
> Other questions I have (but have not research a ton for yet are)
> 1) How can I programatically kick off a sync on the MSDE from a .NET
> application?
> 2) If conflicts occur, how can I programatically get the conflicts back to
> the client application to display in a form and allow the user to resolve
> them?
> It is frustrating that this is so easy with SQL CE and here I can't seem
to
> figure out how to do it with MSDE.
> Thanks so much for your help.
> Marie
>
>
>
|||Actually I am a little wrong on question 2. With Windows Synchronization
Manager, you click on your subscription, click on properties, click on
other, and select Resolve Conflicts Interactively.
You can also use the Microsoft SQL Conflict Resolver control for this.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"Hilary Cotter" <hilaryk@.att.net> wrote in message
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> Create your publication for anonymous pull. Use the merge ActiveX control
on
> the subscriber to pull the subscription.
> You will need to specify the publisher name, network name (ie ipaddress or
> FQDN), and transport mechanism using Publisher, PublisherAddress, and
> PublisherNetwork properties respectively.
> Check out this link for more info.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=sql2k[vbcol=seagreen]
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
> "Marie" <Marie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70B8068D-06BA-4036-9433-BF3B5FBB9714@.microsoft.com...
I[vbcol=seagreen]
> am
> have
> however,
> it
to[vbcol=seagreen]
resolve
> to
>
|||BTW - your answer to number 2 is AFAIK - no. When you set up your merge
publication for interactive conflict resolution, pull it using Windows
Synchronization Manager, and a conflict occurs you get a dialog telling you
a conflict has occured and to contact your system administrator.
At this point you can educate your users to open the Conflict Resolver on
their own, or simply to contact you and you can resolve them.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
"Hilary Cotter" <hilaryk@.att.net> wrote in message
news:%23sqW9bYiEHA.3428@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Create your publication for anonymous pull. Use the merge ActiveX control
on
> the subscriber to pull the subscription.
> You will need to specify the publisher name, network name (ie ipaddress or
> FQDN), and transport mechanism using Publisher, PublisherAddress, and
> PublisherNetwork properties respectively.
> Check out this link for more info.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=sql2k[vbcol=seagreen]
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a book on SQL Server replication?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
> "Marie" <Marie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70B8068D-06BA-4036-9433-BF3B5FBB9714@.microsoft.com...
I[vbcol=seagreen]
> am
> have
> however,
> it
to[vbcol=seagreen]
resolve
> to
>