In this example I'm adding a column called country.
Once you add a column, it's automatically selected as part of the article.
When you close the publication properties the change will be sent to
each subscriber the next time the log reader & distribution agent run.
That's all there is to it. A big step up from SQL 7 and if you use do these
changes often, probably worth the upgrade right there! You've probably noticed that there is also a 'Drop
Selected Column' button. Let's look at what happens when you click it:
That's right, even though you're working on a publication, if you use this
button it will actually drop the column from both the publisher and all the
subscribers. Useful, but use with care!
Another thing you can do from Filter Columns is to remove a column from the
article. You just can't do this easily in SQL 7, but with SQL 2000 you just
clear the checkbox - well, almost. It does most of the work for you, but unfortunately
requires you to force a snapshot to occur. Until the snapshot is
done, no transactions will be distributed to subscribers of that publication.
That's all there is to it. SQL 2000 greatly reduces the time needed to
perform one of the more common tasks of adding a column to a published article.
Maybe in a future release we'll see enhancements that will support modifying
existing columns without having to do a snapshot.
If you've got questions or comments about any of my articles posted on Swynk,
please email me.
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