Merge replication with IMAGE Data Type

Hello all and thank you in advance:
Question 1) Can I use merge replication with tables that IMAGE data
type columns?
Question 2) I need to add my uniqueidenity, if I add to the bottom of
the column list can be sure that ALTER statement will be transparant
and not lock the entire table?
Thank VERY much,
Erik
Yes - merge replication can handle text/image datatypes. This is one factor
that distinguishes it from queued updating subscribers.
I don't follow your other question. Merge uses a column containing a
uniqueidentifier and which has the RowGuid attribute. Only one column can
have this attribute although there can be several columns containing
uniqueidentifiers. Adding in other columns using sp_repladdcolumn with a
default should be fine, or using ALTER TABLE in SQL 2005. Altering the schema
of the table will lock the table whichever way you do it.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison