How do you add an article to existing transactional replication?

Open SSMS, connect to the instance that is running the publication (source) that you want to add article(s) to replication. Verify that the table you want to add exists with a Primary Key. Expand Replication, then Local Publications. Look for the publication you want to add those articles to replication.

How do I add an article without running snapshot agent?

Let’s fix this so that the full snapshot is not necessary.

1. Step 1 Change the publication properties. All you have to do is disable 2 publication properties: allow_anonymous and immediate_sync.
2. Step 2 Add your article.
3. Step 3 Start the snapshot agent.

How do you add articles to peer to peer transactional replication?

To add an article to an existing configuration

1. Quiesce the system.
2. Stop the Distribution Agent at each node in the topology.
3. Execute the CREATE TABLE statement to add the new table at each node in the topology.
4. Bulk copy the data for the new table manually at all nodes by using the bcp utility.

Can replication improve performance?

Data replication is the process of storing the same data in multiple locations to improve data availability and accessibility, and to improve system resilience and reliability. Replicated data can also improve and optimize server performance.

How to add new articles to existing transactional replication?

Right click on the publication where you want to add the new article, and open the “Properties” (In my case, the publication is “ForestPub”) Click on the “Article” tab and Uncheck the option “Show only checked articles”, it allows to show all the articles which are not being published.

How to improve the performance of transactional replication?

After considering the general performance tips described in Enhancing General Replication Performance, consider these additional areas specific to transactional replication. Minimize transaction size in your application design. By default, transactional replication propagates changes according to transaction boundaries.

When to add a new article to an existing SQL Server publication?

When setting up replication, you never know what new database changes will occur, so there is often the need to add additional objects to the publication. In this tip we will look at how to add a new article (database object) to an existing SQL Server publication.

Are there any limitations to transactional replication in SQL?

The best solution in our case is transactional replication, but there are some limitations though. The source database is used by a third-party application. Some tables have clustered and/or unique indexes, but the database doesn’t have primary keys. We can’t make changes to the existing objects, but we can create new ones.

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