Need to cleardown a table due to disk space problems

I need to delete about 3 million rows from a table that is part of a merge
publication. I think that I will have to copy out the rows that I want to
keep into a temp table and truncate the table and then copy the rows back in.
My question is how best to go about this? I think that the best way is to go
into the publication properties and uncheck the table on the articles tab.
Then to carry out the same process of copying out the data to be kept,
truncate the table, then move the rows to be kept back in. Then add the
article back into the publication. In order for the article to replicated
after adding it back in would I have to do a snapshot or would it resume by
itself?
Russell,
this sounds OK. However if the publication already has a subscription, you
won't be able to remove the individual article and you'll have to drop the
entire subscription before proceeding. You could drop the subscription,
remove the rows on publisher and subscriber then do a nosync initialization.
HTH
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)

need original disk for sp1 install? please tell me i don't...

hello
installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i really
don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb file
just to install a service pack.
man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds for
updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
dushan bilbijaPerhaps they're trying to discourage piracy?
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"Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
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> hello
> installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i
> really
> don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb file
> just to install a service pack.
> man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds for
> updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
> dushan bilbija
>|||We did our best to ensure you would not need the original media when
installing SP1. Windows installer has some quirks about it that can make
this a difficult goal to achieve. I have seen this issue happen when config
files are copied over top of existing config files. The modified dates and
create dates confuse the installer and make it think it needs to recreate
the file.
If you send me the setup log file I can see if this is an issue we can
resolve for our next service pack.
--
-Daniel
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"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.nwlink.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps they're trying to discourage piracy?
> --
> ____________________________________
> William (Bill) Vaughn
> Author, Mentor, Consultant
> Microsoft MVP
> www.betav.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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> __________________________________
> "Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%235YheoujEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > hello
> >
> > installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i
> > really
> > don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb file
> > just to install a service pack.
> >
> > man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds for
> > updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
> >
> > dushan bilbija
> >
> >
>|||you'd think that was the reason... but how would they achieve that with the
original cd? a nice cd burner takes care of that problem. a quick google
search gives you any cd key you need.
btw... where's the guide for vb.net and sql2005? :)
dushan
"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.nwlink.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps they're trying to discourage piracy?
> --
> ____________________________________
> William (Bill) Vaughn
> Author, Mentor, Consultant
> Microsoft MVP
> www.betav.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> __________________________________
> "Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%235YheoujEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > hello
> >
> > installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i
> > really
> > don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb file
> > just to install a service pack.
> >
> > man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds for
> > updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
> >
> > dushan bilbija
> >
> >
>|||hi daniel
i'll email you the log file... maybe it'll help debug the install.
in the meantime, i've found a workaround... i dnloaded the eval install, and
used that instead. the original cd is on our corporate network, and i didn't
have access to it.
thanks for the quick reply!
dushan
"Daniel Reib [MSFT]" <danreib@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23wLRh8ujEHA.2500@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> We did our best to ensure you would not need the original media when
> installing SP1. Windows installer has some quirks about it that can make
> this a difficult goal to achieve. I have seen this issue happen when
config
> files are copied over top of existing config files. The modified dates
and
> create dates confuse the installer and make it think it needs to recreate
> the file.
> If you send me the setup log file I can see if this is an issue we can
> resolve for our next service pack.
> --
> -Daniel
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.nwlink.com> wrote in message
> news:uvzPn1ujEHA.2544@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Perhaps they're trying to discourage piracy?
> >
> > --
> > ____________________________________
> > William (Bill) Vaughn
> > Author, Mentor, Consultant
> > Microsoft MVP
> > www.betav.com
> > Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > __________________________________
> >
> > "Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:%235YheoujEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > hello
> > >
> > > installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i
> > > really
> > > don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb
file
> > > just to install a service pack.
> > >
> > > man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds for
> > > updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
> > >
> > > dushan bilbija
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>|||oops... spoke too soon.
the install i have is enterprise edition... so i still need the cd.
dushan
"Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
news:Os9KZGvjEHA.3392@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> hi daniel
> i'll email you the log file... maybe it'll help debug the install.
> in the meantime, i've found a workaround... i dnloaded the eval install,
and
> used that instead. the original cd is on our corporate network, and i
didn't
> have access to it.
> thanks for the quick reply!
> dushan
> "Daniel Reib [MSFT]" <danreib@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23wLRh8ujEHA.2500@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > We did our best to ensure you would not need the original media when
> > installing SP1. Windows installer has some quirks about it that can
make
> > this a difficult goal to achieve. I have seen this issue happen when
> config
> > files are copied over top of existing config files. The modified dates
> and
> > create dates confuse the installer and make it think it needs to
recreate
> > the file.
> >
> > If you send me the setup log file I can see if this is an issue we can
> > resolve for our next service pack.
> >
> > --
> > -Daniel
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> >
> >
> > "William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.nwlink.com> wrote in message
> > news:uvzPn1ujEHA.2544@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Perhaps they're trying to discourage piracy?
> > >
> > > --
> > > ____________________________________
> > > William (Bill) Vaughn
> > > Author, Mentor, Consultant
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > www.betav.com
> > > Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > > __________________________________
> > >
> > > "Dushan Bilbija" <dbilbija@.msn.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%235YheoujEHA.2908@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > > hello
> > > >
> > > > installing sp1 requires the original cd? please tell me i don't... i
> > > > really
> > > > don't want to shuffle tons of files around so i can extract a 600mb
> file
> > > > just to install a service pack.
> > > >
> > > > man, i hate this about msft... i'm always digging up original cds
for
> > > > updates. what a pain. what's the reason for this?
> > > >
> > > > dushan bilbija
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>