error when changing published article at the subscriber

Hi

Using merge replication - the stored procs are published articles.

When trying to change the article at the subscriber (sql express) I get the following errors:

Msg 21531, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MSmerge_alterschemaonly, Line 45
The DDL statement cannot be performed at the Subscriber or Republisher.

Msg 21530, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MSmerge_ddldispatcher, Line 181
The DDL operation failed inside merge DDL replication manipulation.

Msg 3609, Level 16, State 2, Procedure usp_Anniversary_upd, Line 21
The transaction ended in the trigger. The batch has been aborted.

Does this mean it can only be changed at the publisher ?

Bruce

correct. If you want to make schema changes at the subscriber, you need to set @.replicate_ddl to false in sp_addmergepublication.|||

Schema changes cannot be made at the subscriber. They have to come from the Publisher.

Message: correct. If you want to make schema changes at the subscriber, you need to set @.replicate_ddl to false in sp_addmergepublication.

I believe Greg meant "publisher only" instead of "subscriber" in the above statement.

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Hi

Just to clarify this.....

1. You cannot change it at the subscriber, irrespective of whether @.replicate_ddl is set to 0 or 1 ?

2. If @.replicate_ddl is set to 1, then changing the proc on the publisher will result in the proc being changed at the subscriber next time it is synchronised (if a published article)

Is this correct ?

I ask, because @.replicate_ddl is set to 1, but I get that error mentioned earlier if I try and change it at the subscriber.....

Thanks
Bruce

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1. you're correct, i was wrong in my earlier post.

2. correct.