>>Thanks Paul, that sounds pretty good.
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>>The other thing is that we have people who use laptops off-line and then come into the office and transfer their data onto their local server database (via VFP application) from their local database.
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>>Could MSDE be used on the laptops as well? Will it synchronise any table structure changes? or will we still have to have a program in place to do that?
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>Yes, you can run MSDE on the laptops. For synchronization/replication, the full version of SQL Server is still required. You might also want to look at the limitations of MSDE before making a decision. For example, it throttles back performance after 5 (?) users, has a 2GB limitation on the entire database, etc. This may, or may not, be a problem for you. I suggested MSDE because it can be distributed for free, but your app may require the full version of SQL Server.
The best solution, from what you've said, would be a central SQL Server, then Sql Server (synchronised) on the 7 servers, then MSDE on each laptop.
Thanks
Kev
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