Cannot update replication once live - have to recreate!

I have set up a transactional replication from SQL2000 (W2K) to SQL2005
(W2K3). Once it's running, if I add a new field to the publisher, it doesn't
appear in the subscriber tables. I have tried everything including
re-inititalising the job, stopping and starting agents - nothing works. All I
am left with is deleting then recreating the entire replication job which is
time consuming and annoying.
Somebody out there must have the answer to me inadequacy!
Thanks in advance,
Will, Leeds UK
Will,
I need to understand how you did this. How did you add the new field? Did
you use sp_repladdcolumn?
Also, when you say reinitializing the job I'm not sure what you mean. Do you
mean restart the snapshot agent? If so, this is not reinitialization. If the
subscription is marked for reinitialization, this is something different.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com .
|||Hi, basically we replicate live databases onto a separate server for
reporting. Occasionally we modify the live database (add a new field say) and
need the replication job to reflect this change. At the moment, every time we
make a change we have to remove replication, delete the reporting database
copy, then re-add replication. The live databases are on SQL 2000 and
reporting copies on SQL2005.
I haven't tried sp_repladdcolumn yet. I have just been using various actions
from SQL Management Studio.
I am a little confused as to the 'official method' to achieve what I want!
What I do know is that our current method works BUT is very tedious...
Thanks
Will
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Will,
> I need to understand how you did this. How did you add the new field? Did
> you use sp_repladdcolumn?
> Also, when you say reinitializing the job I'm not sure what you mean. Do you
> mean restart the snapshot agent? If so, this is not reinitialization. If the
> subscription is marked for reinitialization, this is something different.
> Cheers,
> Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com .
>
>