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>My questions are :
>- can I determine for each table if it has to be replicated, and who's the 'master'. Can a tble existing on both sides and updated on both sides be synchronised with conflict management ?
SQL Server 7.0 supports three types of replication: snapshot, transactional, and merge. All three can allow updates to the replica but merge has the best support.
>- does this replication work (with acceptable performance) on a dialup RAS line (ISDN)
Not sure. You might want to post this question one of the microsoft public newsgroups.
>- are there any resources specific about SQL7 replication ?
Try this whitepaper from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/DeployAdmin/replication.htm-Mike