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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As we attach our filePro applications to ODBC servers like MS_SQL_SERVERS, one bit of mystery for me has been replication. Typically I just make a backup and restore when I need it to happen, and every time I think about learning about replication, the presenter ends up spending so much time on the options it just seems too complicated since my needs can be solved with manually backing up and restoring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This morning in my email inbox was an article from a newsletter I get every few days.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The article was entitled “Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 1 - Introduction to SQL Server Replication”. Like Charlie Brown I clicked on it, however instead of Lucy pulling the football out from under me, for once the author actually did what they said they would. Make it simple enough to understand. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So my non-filePro, but might come in handy to know in 2013 gift to you is this article that I didn’t even write.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Stairway+Series/72274/">http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Stairway+Series/72274/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Walter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>