Another question where there were too many "depends" because not enough info was supplied in the question...

From BOL:

In replication topologies, where a publication contains...

I'm so confused   I didn't think you could edit a table that is replicated.  You can call sp's that make modifcations for you,...

Interesting enough question, but where/why would you ever use it...? 

For those that don't like the "quality" of the questions [and OK, the answers too] - try sending your own in 

I know I...

Whew - I thought I was the one confused by ascending and descending, it's actually the answer that's incorrect...

SJT

I found the source of my problem - I had an option turned on in QA: Use regional settings for displaying numbers, currency, ...

So whilst the server completed the query...

Fair coverage of the issues. We're in the process of creating a new system running on SQL Server and ARs are the only way I could see to sensibly...