Merge replication re-initialization

I have 2 questions,
1. In what circumstances a subscriber need a re-initialization?
2. When I re initialize the second time, Does it re applies the whole
snapshot to the subscriber again or applies only the delta corrections?
1) when you make a change to the publication, when a subscriber expires, or
when the publisher and subscriber have a data validation problem.
2) the entire snapshot - there is an option to upload changes which have
occurred on a subscriber since the last sync.
Hilary Cotter
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"Ravi Lobo" <RaviLobo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 questions,
> 1. In what circumstances a subscriber need a re-initialization?
> 2. When I re initialize the second time, Does it re applies the whole
> snapshot to the subscriber again or applies only the delta corrections?
>
|||Thank you Hilary!