merge replication with pull subscriber(compress snapshot)

Hi
I am trying to implement merge publication with compress snapshot, copy it
to the subscriber,
create a pull subscriber with the alternate folder(where the snapshot was
copied to)
and then run the agent for synchronization (first time).
i get error that the table in the publication does not exist in the
subscriber database.
It seems that the agent ignores the snapshot and it tries to just merge the
changes between publisher and subscriber.
when i create the table manually at the subscriber with the rowguid column,
it does not fail but it stills does not aplly the snapshot.
if i update/insert new row and run the agent it does merge the changes.
am i missing a crucial step in the process that causes that problem?
Thanks in advance
Daniel
daniel
Please can you post up the error message in its entirety. I suspect that it
is related to a script missing. Also, please try not using the CAB file
method. If you need to compress the snapshot, zip it up and unzip on the
subscriber (I only say this because I've never tested using an alternative
folder with a CAB file).
Paul Ibison
|||Hi and thank u for the replying.
When i start the agent for the first time i get the following error:
"Table 't3' does not exist in the Subscriber database."
At the log i can see that he does try to get the snapshot from alternate
folder:
" Snapshot will be applied from the alternate folder ..."
thanks in advance
Daniel
daniel
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Please can you post up the error message in its entirety. I suspect that it
> is related to a script missing. Also, please try not using the CAB file
> method. If you need to compress the snapshot, zip it up and unzip on the
> subscriber (I only say this because I've never tested using an alternative
> folder with a CAB file).
> Paul Ibison
|||Interesting - if you enable full logging is there more info? Also, are you
using the uncompressed snapshot files (if not please try this way also)? In
the snapshot files do you see the table creation script for t3?
(the alternative to this investigation if you like is to do a nosync
initialization).
Paul Ibison
|||Hi Paul
Yes there is a script for table creation.
I tried to use the uncompressed and i got the same error.
How do i do the no sync initialization?
daniel
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Interesting - if you enable full logging is there more info? Also, are you
> using the uncompressed snapshot files (if not please try this way also)? In
> the snapshot files do you see the table creation script for t3?
> (the alternative to this investigation if you like is to do a nosync
> initialization).
> Paul Ibison
|||Please have a look here. It largely applies to transactional, but mostly the
same info applies: http://www.replicationanswers.com/NoSyncInitializations.asp
HTH,
Paul Ibison