connect to distribution server

Need to be able to add data to a mobile with SQL2K
desktop edition and then manually replicate to SQL2K on
server. Can't access the distribution server from the
mobile.
Thoughts suggestions etc?
thanks
Sorry to ask the obvious, but is this when you are connected to the network?
Assuming it is, please can you clarify a few things:
the complete text of the error message,
the type of security configuration of your agents - are you logged onto the
domain, using pass-through security etc
can you 'see' the distribution server - pinging it by name will test this
Regards,
Paul Ibison
|||The distribution server is running on a SQLServer2K SE
machine running W2K OS. The remote is a laptop with
SQLServer2K PE. Both the remote and the server are
registered in EM respectively. They are both part of the
same workgroup but not a domain.
The problem arises when I attempt to use the Configure
Publishing, Subsribers and Distribution Wizard for the
laptop instance (SQLServer2K PE), The Select Distributor
dialogue has the "Use the following server..."
option "grayed-out" as is the "Add Server" button.
The only choice is to use the local machine as the
distributor which I don't want to do.
Is this a limitation of SQLServer2K PE or am I doing
something wrong with my configuration?
In the final anaylsis I need to be able to add data on
the laptop when not conncected to the server and then
manually synchronize when connected.
Thanks for your help
Thanks
>--Original Message--
>Sorry to ask the obvious, but is this when you are
connected to the network?
>Assuming it is, please can you clarify a few things:
>the complete text of the error message,
>the type of security configuration of your agents - are
you logged onto the
>domain, using pass-through security etc
>can you 'see' the distribution server - pinging it by
name will test this
>Regards,
>Paul Ibison
>
>.
>
|||The only restriction I was previously aware of is that SQL Server 2000
Personal Edition cannot be used as publisher for transactional replication.
However if you have a look at this link in BOL :
mk:@.MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\Microsoft%20SQL%2 0Server\80\Tools\Books\rep
wizrd.chm::/repwizrd_97oi.htm
it seems you are correct. This is a limitation of Personal Edition.
However,
if you are running merge replication, the distinction between publisher and
subscriber in this regard is not so big, so having the mobile as a
subscriber is a posibility.
HTH,
Paul Ibison
|||Thanks. I suppose I will have to work with merge
replication.
>--Original Message--
>The only restriction I was previously aware of is that
SQL Server 2000
>Personal Edition cannot be used as publisher for
transactional replication.
>However if you have a look at this link in BOL :
>mk:@.MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\Microsoft%20SQL%
20Server\80\Tools\Books\rep
>wizrd.chm::/repwizrd_97oi.htm
>it seems you are correct. This is a limitation of
Personal Edition.
>However,
>if you are running merge replication, the distinction
between publisher and
>subscriber in this regard is not so big, so having the
mobile as a
>subscriber is a posibility.
>HTH,
>Paul Ibison
>
>.
>