Try this:

... '/A variable_name:8='+ltrim(@split)

With variable_name equaling the global variable's name within the DTS package.

Try this:

SUM(YTD([TIME]),[Variance])

I think I sorted it out. Looking at sp_helpmergearticle, I noticed that the article I added to the publication had a status of unsynced. So, in my testing environment where...

Thanks for the response.

The thing that bugs me is it is only happening on the publication that I added an article to after the initial creation, and has articles in...

Yes, there are different versions of the sp_cft stored procedures.  The prefix is changing with each additional version.  The most resent versions have a prefix of zzzzze_.