SQL2000 Replication,modifying The Width Of A Column

Hi All,
Is there a way by which we can modify the width of a column of a table which is being replicated without touching the ongoing transactional replication? This is for MSSQL2000 Transactional Replication.

I know (and successfully tried) that we can add a column to a table and that gets propaged to the replicate database and indeed the added column gets reflected there. How to add a column? sp_repaddcolumn or Right Click on the Publication-Properties and it shows a button to Add a Column.

This is what I have tried for modifying the width of a column of a table participating in Transactional Replication from varchar(10) to varchar(100)

MH (source) -> MH1 (Replicate)

The column “col1” had width of varchar(10) and this was altered to varchar(100).


insert into MH..test_mh values(4,'abcdeabcdefff')

select * from MH1..test_mh

exec sp_dropsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2', @destination_db = N'MH1'
go

exec sp_droparticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh'
go

alter table test_mh alter column col2 varchar(100) null OR

MH1..sp_help test_mh

exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @source_table = N'test_mh'
go

exec sp_addsubscription @publication = N'MH', @article = N'test_mh', @subscriber = N'UKPBDRMTST2' , @destination_db = N'MH1'
go


Needless to say, help would be apreciated -:)
~Mihir


However, adding a column was possible.