Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Second Edition

Chapter 24. Replication Made Easy

• What Is Replication?

• Uses of Replication

• Understanding When Replication Isn't Appropriate

• An Overview of the Implementation of Replication

• The Replication Architecture: What Makes Replication Tick?

• Understanding Replication Topologies

• Changes That Replication Makes to Your Database

• Making a Database Replicable

• Preventing Objects from Being Replicated

• Creating Additional Replicas

• Synchronizing Replicas

• Resolving Replication Conflicts

• Using the Replication Manager

• Implementing Replication by Using Code

• Practical Examples: Managing the Time and Billing Application with Replication

What Is Replication?

Access 95 was the first desktop database that included built-in replication capabilities. Replication has further matured with the ...