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 delete, then insert with same primary key

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alk
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Posted - 2005-05-02 : 10:42:54
I have a table that I'm replicating, and it's a common occurance that a record will be deleted, then right away a new record will be inserted with the same primary key. I know the correct thing to do would be to perform updates, not delete and insert - but I don't have the time to re-write all of the applications that access this table. Will replication be able to handle this task, or will there be a problem because the insert and delete records have identical primary keys ?

thanks,
Andy

mpetanovitch
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Posted - 2005-05-02 : 20:18:08
Should not be a problem. Why are you experiencing one??

Mike Petanovitch
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alk
Starting Member

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Posted - 2005-05-03 : 01:21:44
still in the design stage, but I was afriad that the table in the distribution database would be using the same primary key as the publisher, so it would choke when I tried to send an insert and a delete with the same primary key. Another fear is that since the insert and delete would be delivered as part of the same transaction, there might be a problem. I guess it's time to give it a try.

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