I believe it's a feature that has been requested for a while... last time I checked, it was still only a suggestion that might be looked at for the next...

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx

Hmm... In this case, I'm not exactly sure why you have the variance in run times.  I expected the lag to be on the network file access steps, but if...

Hmm... this error seems familiar.  If memory serves, this would indicate that you're trying to run this from the command prompt instead of the BI Studio client tools.  What this...

My initial thought on this might be dealing with pulling network files.  Now, when you're running the BI studio, are you running it on your local dev box and connecting...

doesn't sound like you're a fan of sql server replication, but that's probably what you should use.  I would trust sql server before I trusted someone else's utility.

I played around with Visio 2002 for enterprise architects.  After some testing, I would never trust Visio to update my database.  What I've gotten used to doing is creating my...

Really?  I could have sworn that last time I followed those steps, all of the tables added by merge replication in the database I was modifying were gone.  Of course,...

yup, everytime I've gotten an error like this, it has been because of network connectivity issues.  Adjusting your threshholds and number of retries should do the trick.  Good luck on...

The only official way that I could think of is to remove replication entirely for that object.  You know, deleting the subscribers, dropping the publication, and then going into the...

if you happen to find something useful, let me know.  I've tried doing this before, and I recall getting the same message.  The annoying thing is that setting up a...

one thing you should check.  In your snapshot agent history, there should be an entry after the snapshot agent fails.  This will give you a filename for the specific script...

well, for the initial snapshot then, I'd recommend running it at a time when there's going to be very little activity... perhaps the middle of the night.  I'm not sure...

I have received locking errors while creating snapshots for merge replication.  I don't know if there's a good way around it, but as a rule of thumb, I generally try...

Hey, have you looked in your agent history?  If it hasn't been too long, the error should still show up in your agent history details.  This'll probably give you more...