Best Replication Method to Use

We want to allow our customer base to be able to access their account
information online. I want to setup a second SQL server so the customers can
use this for looks up. The front end to access this info is web based.
What replication method is the best one to use to update the database say
every 24 hours at night? Thanks!!
if your database is not too large, a snapshot replication maybe best for
you.
else somekind of logshipping will be good too, see the other thread on
simple log shipping.
justin
Scopus69 wrote:
> We want to allow our customer base to be able to access their account
> information online. I want to setup a second SQL server so the customers can
> use this for looks up. The front end to access this info is web based.
> What replication method is the best one to use to update the database say
> every 24 hours at night? Thanks!!
|||I think transactional replication would work for this. However this will
require each table you are replicating to have a primary key.
I am a little confused by the data flow. Are you saying data moves from the
web server SQL Server database to another SQL Server? Or is it moving
internally to the SQL Server supporting the web site.
Hilary Cotter
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"Scopus69" <Scopus69@.nospam.postalias> wrote in message
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> We want to allow our customer base to be able to access their account
> information online. I want to setup a second SQL server so the customers
> can
> use this for looks up. The front end to access this info is web based.
> What replication method is the best one to use to update the database say
> every 24 hours at night? Thanks!!
|||Sorry for the confusion. The GUI interface to the data is a web interface
that connects to the backend SQL server. What I would like to do is setup
another web & SQL server for our cutomers so they can use it for lookups. I
really don't want them in our prduction DB.
I was wondering what is the best way to get the data off the production SQL
server to the customer SQL server on a nightly basis? I don't think log
shipping will work because it will put the shipped DB in "read only"
So what method would be the best to use? Thanks!
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> I think transactional replication would work for this. However this will
> require each table you are replicating to have a primary key.
> I am a little confused by the data flow. Are you saying data moves from the
> web server SQL Server database to another SQL Server? Or is it moving
> internally to the SQL Server supporting the web site.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Scopus69" <Scopus69@.nospam.postalias> wrote in message
> news:3D5CC7EA-4702-417E-AE2D-9985B1E4B781@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||I think transactional is your best bet.
Hilary Cotter
Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
http://www.indexserverfaq.com
"Scopus69" <Scopus69@.nospam.postalias> wrote in message
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> Sorry for the confusion. The GUI interface to the data is a web interface
> that connects to the backend SQL server. What I would like to do is
> setup
> another web & SQL server for our cutomers so they can use it for lookups.
> I
> really don't want them in our prduction DB.
> I was wondering what is the best way to get the data off the production
> SQL
> server to the customer SQL server on a nightly basis? I don't think log
> shipping will work because it will put the shipped DB in "read only"
> So what method would be the best to use? Thanks!
> "Hilary Cotter" wrote:
|||I also like Transactional Replication if the data is dynamic at the source
and the users who will be talking to your target server need updated
information as well for their lookups. If current data is not an issue, that
is they don't mind the data being static, then may be snapshot will work.
But then again it depends on how large the data is. For me one way
Transactional seems to fit the bill here.
"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I think transactional is your best bet.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Scopus69" <Scopus69@.nospam.postalias> wrote in message
> news:76F950CE-B1EA-493F-8092-5ED6AA73EC75@.microsoft.com...
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