rowguid

Hello,
When I use the Replication and the Publication mechanism - why is created
for every table which I want to synchronize an additional column with the
name rowguid? I have already set a primary key for all tables which I want to
synchronize.
Regards
mat
the rowguid is used to track which row has been modified in a database. By
examining the guid the merge agent knows what table it belongs too, and can
track its change history.
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"mathon" <mathon@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> When I use the Replication and the Publication mechanism - why is created
> for every table which I want to synchronize an additional column with the
> name rowguid? I have already set a primary key for all tables which I want
> to
> synchronize.
> Regards
> mat