development servers synching

I have a bunch of portable machines on which I do development, and I was
wondering if anyone has any great mechanisms for doing synch between all the
machines. Any preferences? I looked at pub and subscribe, but it seems
needlessly complex for this as well as the fact that any of the databases may
be online or offline at any time, and the changes can occur anywhere.
Any thoughts?
If its uni-directional data flow I would use transactional replication from
the publisher to the dev machines and pull it use Windows Synchronization
Manager. If you need bi-directional data flow use merge replication.
While the technology is complex, it is very solid.
Hilary Cotter
Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
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This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
positions, strategies or opinions.
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"IronYuppie" <IronYuppie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a bunch of portable machines on which I do development, and I was
> wondering if anyone has any great mechanisms for doing synch between all
> the
> machines. Any preferences? I looked at pub and subscribe, but it seems
> needlessly complex for this as well as the fact that any of the databases
> may
> be online or offline at any time, and the changes can occur anywhere.
> Any thoughts?
|||do you have a book that is updated for 2005? I'd buy it on the spot!
"Hilary Cotter" wrote:

> If its uni-directional data flow I would use transactional replication from
> the publisher to the dev machines and pull it use Windows Synchronization
> Manager. If you need bi-directional data flow use merge replication.
> While the technology is complex, it is very solid.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
> RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.
> This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
> positions, strategies or opinions.
> 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
>
> "IronYuppie" <IronYuppie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B54EB332-4FD6-4D4A-9775-885F529CE25F@.microsoft.com...
>
>