Does anyone have advice as choosing between merge replication and updatable subscriptions? I've read the documentaion, they seem to offer the same functionality, and I don't see any clear guidelines as to why to pick one over the other...any suggestions would be appreciated!
Ed
Trying to set up Merge Replication using FTP with PULL subscriptions on sql 2000
Are there any issues that anyone is aware of that may affect this working.
I have created a Merge Subscription between two databases. I have set the security setting in the UNC folder of the publisher to allow 'Full Control' for 'Everyone'.
I have done various searches, google, here, etc. But cant seem to find much information to help me out.
When I create the subscription it says it was a success, but when I launch the replication monitor and click the publication it says its subscribers are uninitialized.
Can anyone help?
Cheers
I made a DDL change to a published table. To do this, I had to remove the table from the article, modify two field sizes, save the table, and then add the table back to the publication. I did have to rerun the snapshot agent after this even though the new article is exactly the same (yes, I understand all rowguids are dropped and recreated).
So, at the subscription, I begin synchronization and it replicates every article, thus doubling the size of the subscription .sdf file. yes, it can be compacted and it cuts it back in half.
Question is how to prevent this behavior? Is it possible to create the rowguid before publishing the table/article and that way even if you go back and make a schema change that requires republishing you can avoid the nasty behavior of producing a new snapshot and and a doubling of subscription database size?
This particular merge publication is read-only. Every article is marked as 'download only.'
Ideally if schema change is needed to one table, I only want that table/article to require reinitialization.
Actually, if its a simple change like expanding a varchar by some chars I'd like to not have to republish the article at all.
keep dreaming?
Hi all,
I'm a rather newbie, not only to this forum but also to sql server having a question to the following issue:
Is it possible to drop/remove/delete the "orphan" of a merge subscription on one instance of sql server without having the (former) distributor/publisher (on other instance) available?
The background is: I had a small replication infrastructure with two instances (on two machines), one the publisher and distributor, the other the subscriber. Now it happened that the publisher/distributor machine was completely set up new without having the replication dropped in advance, what remained on the subscriber is now a database with all the merge/replication tables and the guid columns in the user tables.
Moreover this, an entry remained in the subscription saying that a subscription with the former publisher exists...
Can I remove these "orphans" without having to setup the instance again?
Thank you,
Andy
I'm trying out a set up as following:
SQL Server 2008 standard as the publisher
SQL Server 2012 express as the subscriber
and I tend to use web synchronization; there is no domain trust.
After following the instructions at MSDN for configuring web synchronization, I have an error that I can't get past - after creating the initial snapshot on the publisher, I try to run replmerg.exe at the subscriber and I always get this error:
"The subscription to publication 'TestReplication' has expired or does not exist."
If I refresh the publisher's "Local Publications" and look within the "TestReplication", it does show that the subscriber is a known subscriber. Likewise, if I refresh subscriber's "Local Subscription", it has an entry for TestReplication publication.
I already verified that the user used by Replisapi.dll has the read permission to the snapshot folder, is a member of PAL, is db_owner of the publishing database and distribution database. I am using self-signed certificate for this test and I have already installed the certificate at the subscriber machine so that HTTPS is trusted. I can run diagnosis from subscriber so I know subscriber can reach and logs are being left at the publisher's IIS.
Hi I want to Set up Such Merge Replication, Which can can Synchronize With out Network, Means Syncronization using CD.
Also When the Network connectivity will be available then it should do synchronization
I wants to transfer some file using CD only those changes to database which hasn't been synchronized, thats why Backup will not work.
Pls Help me, or tell me wether it is possible or not.
Tell me some work around, or ask me details,
You got to help me out, Otherwise I will loss trust in MSDN Forums.
Thanks in advance
Vishalgiri Goswami
We have a database set up for transactional replication with an updateable subscription. When we add log shipping to the publication database (sending the logs to a separate server) the publication and subscription entry show up in Management Studio's replication folder on the log ship target server (although the definitions are correct).
Is this configuration legitimate? Can I add log shipping to the subscription database as well?
Thanks... Liston
I am using RMO to synchronize an updateable transactional pull subscription from Sql Express SP2 to Sql Server 2005 64-bit Standard Edition. The data propogates from the server to the client, but changed data on the client does not replicate to the server. Any ideas?
Thanks!
ERROR MESSAGE:
"Message: Incorrect syntax near 'NoteID'."
Here is a snipet from the output file:
2006-03-27 13:01:49.820 Skipping file 'NotesHistory_21.sch' because it has already been delivered for a previous article or by a previously interrupted snapshot.
2006-03-27 13:01:49.867 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': SET ANSI_NULLS ON
2006-03-27 13:01:49.898 OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:49.945 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
2006-03-27 13:01:50.008 [17%] OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory](
[NoteID] [int] NOT NULL,
[CaseRefNum] [int] NOT NULL,
[KeyField] [varchar](500) NOT NULL,
[KeyValue] [varchar](500) NOT NULL,
[Note] [varchar](800) NULL,
[NoteField] [varchar](100) NULL,
[ScanDocID] [int] NULL,
[PDF_ID] [int] NULL,
[RescanCode] [int] NULL,
[RescanNote] [varchar](100) NULL,
[AuditID] [bigint] NOT NULL,
[rowguid] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL
)
ꜽśã¹? êœ?Å›B 27 13:01î–”Å›è›ªç —êœ?Å›é”?Ä€Percent Complete: 17
2006-03-27 13:01:50.086 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': SET ANSI_NULLS ON
2006-03-27 13:01:50.117 Preparing table 'NotesHistory' for merge replication
2006-03-27 13:01:50.164 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
2006-03-27 13:01:50.195 OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.258 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': if object_id('MSmerge_conflicts_info') is not NULL
alter table [MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory] add origin_datasource_id uniqueidentifier NULL
2006-03-27 13:01:50.351 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': if object_id('MSmerge_conflicts_info') is not NULL
create nonclustered index [ncMSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory] on [MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory] ([rowguid], origin_datasource_id)
2006-03-27 13:01:50.383 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': exec sp_MSsetconflicttable @article = N'NotesHistory', @conflict_table = N'MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory'
2006-03-27 13:01:50.430 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.476 [17%] The merge process was unable to deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber. If using Web synchronization, the merge process may have been unable to create or write to the message file. When troubleshooting, restart the synchronization with verbose history logging and specify an output file to which to write.Percent Complete: 17
2006-03-27 13:01:50.50é”?Ä€
2006-03-27 13:01:50.539 Applied script 'NotesHistory_21.cft'
2006-03-27 13:01:50.586 OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.617 OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.711 Percent Complete: 17
2006-03-27 13:01:50.742 {call sp_MSsetconflicttable (N'NotesHistory', N'MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory', N'LARGOS00-SDI', N'EFILE', N'EFILE_MERGE')}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.773 OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI': {call sys.sp_MSadd_merge_history90 (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.867 Percent Complete: 0
2006-03-27 13:01:50.898 Category:COMMAND
Source: Failed Command
Number: 0
Message: {call sp_MSsetconflicttable (N'NotesHistory', N'MSmerge_conflict_EFILE_MERGE_NotesHistory', N'LARGOS00-SDI', N'EFILE', N'EFILE_MERGE')}
2006-03-27 13:01:50.961 Percent Complete: 0
2006-03-27 13:01:50.992 Category:SQLSERVER
Source: LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4
Number: 102
Message: Incorrect syntax near 'NoteID'.
2006-03-27 13:01:51.039 Percent Complete: 0
2006-03-27 13:01:51.070 Category:NULL
Source: Merge Replication Provider
Number: -2147201001
Message: The merge process was unable to deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber. If using Web synchronization, the merge process may have been unable to create or write to the message file. When troubleshooting, restart the synchronization with verbose history logging and specify an output file to which to write.
2006-03-27 13:01:51.133 Disconnecting from OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.180 Disconnecting from OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.226 Disconnecting from OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.258 Disconnecting from OLE DB Subscriber 'LUZERNV4-PDOSQL4'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.305 Disconnecting from OLE DB Publisher 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.336 Disconnecting from OLE DB Publisher 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.383 Disconnecting from OLE DB Publisher 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.414 Disconnecting from OLE DB Publisher 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.445 Disconnecting from OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.492 Disconnecting from OLE DB Distributor 'LARGOS00-SDI'
2006-03-27 13:01:51.523 The merge process will restart after waiting 60 second(s)...
Will Sql Express handle being a subscriber for an updateable transactional publication from Sql Server 2005?
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We have two updateable subscribers and a publisher using transactional replication. The distributor is located on publisher. Currenetly all 3 sites are SQL 2000 SP3. We plan to upgrade all sites to sp4 with minimum downtime (if possible zero). Is it possible to upgrade publisher/distributor first and subscribers after few days?
Thanks,
np70
Hi,
View 7 Replies View RelatedReplication Type: Transactional With Updateable Subscriptions
SQL Server Version: SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
Publisher, Subscriber1 and Subscriber2 all on same SQL Server
Problem: I am trying to set up a transactional replication with two updateable subscriptions. All three databases are a carbon copy of each other. Every table to be replicated contains an identity key column. I've been asked to create the replication without assigning separate identity ranges for the publisher and the updateable subscriptions. In other words they want a continous ID range. Can this be done without managing identity ranges programatically outside of SQL Server itself?
Example:
Publisher inserts into table test1 in database1. This creates ID 100 for the record. ID 100 replicates to Subscriber1 (database2) and Subscriber2 (database3).
Subscriber1 and 2 identity seeds are then incremented to ID 100. So far, all three databases have the same identity seed in table test1. Subscriber1 inserts into table test1 in database2. This creates ID 101 for the record. ID 101 is replicated to Subscriber2 (database3) and to the publisher (database1).
Subscriber2 identity seed is then incremented to ID 101. However, the Publisher retains it's original identity seed of 100.
Insert into Publisher table test1 will fail since it will try to insert the identity seed of 101 which is taken.
I have tried identity range management Automatic and Manual. Both seem to have some limitations in managing identity seeds unless different identity ranges are assigned for publisher and subscriber.
Can someone recommend a solution to this problem? Can this be done natively in SQL Server 2005 replication. Or can some recommend another approach to make this work?
We have many users with a mobile application running SQL Mobile and using merge replication to get data back to the SQL 2008 R2 database. This has worked very well for many years.
We now have a requirement to have this data reported on using Reporting Services. This is where it gets messy.
Due to a limitation of Report Builder(see this blog) we cannot provide access to users for creating their own reports. The report database is remote from the host and there is no VPN.
We hit upon the idea of creating an almost identical publication but the articles as read-only. It was only after this was done that we started having trouble with our existing mobile users.
It seems that a published article is EITHER Bi-directional OR Read-only even if they are in separate publications.
I then thought of using Transactional Publication but this too is blocked on creation with "automatic identity range support is useful only for publications that allow updating subscribers"(Merge and Transactional publication are mutually exclusive)
So in the final analysis is there a way for me to have merge replication AND some other form of SQL replication/data transfer that can have the same data transmitted readonly to a separate full SQL server database?
I am experiencing some replication problems. I have a test server with a test database which has been working just fine with some simple Merge Replication. That old server is now been targeted for decommissioning. I have moved the test database to another test server and have set everything conceivable up the same as it was on the prior server but I am experiencing errors that I have not been able to resolve. I am using the same Domain User account with the same privileges on both systems...
The first error I receive in my SQL Server error logs is:
Message
Error: 14151, Severity: 18, State: 1.
Rapidly followed by the following error message:
Message
Replication-Replication Merge Subsystem: agent SOURCE-DATABASE-MERGE-DESTINATION-16 failed. The merge process could not initialize the subscription. Ensure that the subscription registration exists at the publisher, and reregister the subscription if necessary.
From within the Replication Monitor I look into the subscription and I can see the following error message:
Command attempted:
{call sys.sp_MSmergesubscribedb ('true', 0) }
Error messages:
The merge process could not initialize the subscription. Ensure that the subscription registration exists at the publisher, and reregister the subscription if necessary. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL-2147201011)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147201011
INSERT failed because the following SET options have incorrect settings: 'ANSI_PADDING'. Verify that SET options are correct for use with indexed views and/or indexes on computed columns and/or query notifications and/or xml data type methods. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 1934)
Get help: http://help/1934
I have looked into the help links from above, researched codes and also browsed this forum and others to no avail so far. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!
Hello everyone.
We've been using replication since a while now and I just discovered that some user are not getting all the data they should. Let me explain the way the whole thing is configured for us.
We have a few tables that are replicated using the Merge process with filtering on the data using SUSER_SNAME() function. My users are salesrep using Laptop and they are synchronizing on demand. The merge process is configured so that a row will go to only one subscription --> Each rep has their owns customers and related tables informations.
I noticed that some users do not have locally all data (from their customers) from some tables while they should. I didn't checked in details but it is possible that these users are new reps replacing other staff that left the company. Is it possible that the data they do not receive is marked as to be previous reps owner because the replication is set as "A row from this table will go to only one subscription" ? The new rep uses the same laptop, therefore the exactly same computer name, only the username changes.
Because of this, now I'm having a bunch of conflicts when replicating because we're generating some ID based on existing data when the user enter new records in some tables; since the data is not sitting locally for them, the ID generated is not the proper one and we now have two identical ID (one on the server and one locally) which cause the conflicts to occurs.
Any helps would be appreciated. Thanks.
I met some problems in merge replication with sql server 2005 (sp2).
one user who is using the PDA (SQL Mobile 2005) try to sync with server, the error info is coming.
the error in replication monitor is shown as following:
Error messages:
The merge process could not initialize the subscription. Ensure that the subscription registration exists at the publisher, and reregister the subscription if necessary. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL-2147201011)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147201011
The subscription could not be found. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 20021)
Get help: http://help/20021
The subscription has expired. Mark the subscription for reinitialization and restart the Merge Agent to reinitialize the subscription. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL-2147200980)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147200980
is there anybody who has any idea about it?
Hi all I have a question,
I am trying to enable a replication process between a SQL 2005 server and sqlexpress instances and i run into the following problem.
On the publisher a subscription (sp_addmergesubscription) is added for each 'machine' that participates in the replication. Is there a way to get around this?
Because when we distribute the installation we dont know all the machine names. I have made the publication accesible for anynymous access. But when the replication script is installed on the client ,the Error message that the subscription does not exists appears.
The only difference between the instal script for the client is that we do not add a sp_addmergesubscription on the server. Is it possible to let SQL server make an subscription when the client connects for the first time?
To summarize my question: Is there a way to enable the replication with only running a script on the client and not on the server?
If i need to explain it more in detail , just let me know and ill try
I am trying to create a merge publication in sql server 2005 and a merge subscription in sql server 2005 mobile through transact sql using sql server query analyzer.
I am succeeded in creating the publication but not subscription.
I am using sp_addmergepublication and sp_addmergesubscription.
sp_addmergepublication is working fine.
But the problem is in creating sp_addmergesubscription.
Can anyone please guide me how to create subscription to sql server 2005 mobile database using transact sql.
Hi,
is there a way to ensure a merge subscription is synchronised before it is removed from the publisher using SMO? - (it is a push subscription)
I thought I had it as there is a MergeSynchronizationAgent object on the SubscriptionDatabase object, but calling Synchronize() on this throws an exception saying it can't contact the publisher.
Any help would be really appreciated, thanks.
Graham
Hi,
On the development environment i've got replication running with no trouble but when deploying in the production environment i get the error below
Has anyone seen this before and solved it?
Another question: How to enable verbose history when using the MS SQL Server Management Studio to create a subscription.
Any help is welcome,
Ralf
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio------------------------------A call to SQL Server Reconciler failed. Try to resynchronize.HRESULT 0x80004005 (29006)The schema script 'd:MSSQL
epldatauncTEST_KANSCE TEST20070522165445 blNaw_2.sch' could not be propagated to the subscriber.HRESULT 0x80070003 (0)The merge process was unable to deliver the snapshot to the Subscriber. If using Web synchronization, the merge process may have been unable to create or write to the message file. When troubleshooting, restart the synchronization with verbose history logging and specify an output file to which to write.HRESULT 0x80045017 (0)------------------------------BUTTONS:OK------------------------------
Hi all!
Is there an option to monitor current state of Merge Push Subscription from the Subscriber, without connecting to the Publisher Server? I have examined many SPs and system tables at Subscriber, but didn't find any reliable method...
Hello guys,
We have customers that are using web synchronization. Could you, please tell us when service pack for the bugs, discussed in thread http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=689428&SiteID=1 will be reliazed?
What replication participants should apply the service pack in a configuration where Subscriber (MS SQL 2005 Express) gets synchronized with Publisher/Diustributor (MS SQL 2005 Standard)?
Thanks.
Alexander.
I need to move the log file of a disk and onto another disk. The log belongs to a merge subscription database.
I was going to stop/disable the merge jobs on the distributor, detach the database, move the log file to another drive, reattach, and enable the merge jobs on the distributor.
Does that sound ok, or should I employ some other method.
Hi All!
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3159.00 (Intel X86)
Mar 23 2007 16:15:11
Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation
Enterprise Edition on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
40 subsribers.
Adding new article.
On any aubscribe need regenerate snapshot agent agent.
The tables are very big. With filters.
Regenerating process anew copy data in in ...ReplDataame.bcp, during 30-40 minutes for any subscriber!
Full work to small correct of replication flow during 2-3 days....
Is it possible to initialize subscription without copying bcp data?
From the SSMS GUI it is possible to re-initialize one or all subscriptions to a merge publication. This is done at the publisher.
How can I achieve these operations programmatically?
In particular, how do I initialize a single merge subscription from the publisher?
I have looked at the documentation for sp_reinitmergepullsubscription but it says that this proc must be run at the subscriber - which isn't much use when subscribers are disconnected for the majority of the time
I have a large number of merge subscribers and want to reinitialize all except one
aero1
Hello.
I've been having an error when downloading the snapshot agent from our Publisher.
The articles selected are all the tables and all the stored procedures.
The Subscription is created programmatically and so is the synchronization. When trying to synchronize for the first time and when the subscriber tries to download the snapshot I have the following error:
Error messages:
The schema script 'Distrito_2.sch' could not be propagated to the subscriber. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL-2147201001)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147201001
The process could not read file 'GESZifuncAFRODITE$SILVITEST_GESZIF_GESZIF20070621182845Distrito_2.sch' due to OS error 3. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20143)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20143
The system cannot find the path specified.
(Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL3)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL3
The snapshot folder is at c:GESZifSnapshotFolder and the unc is \AfroditeSnapshot.
I'm getting a little desperate with this because we really need to propagate the schema changes around the subscribers.
Thanks in advance,
AVD
What is the main difference between snapshot and transactional and merge replication?
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I know that adding a column using ALTER TABLE to add a column automatically allows SQLSERVER 2005 to replicate the schema changes to the subscribers, however, I would like to add a new column to an existing article that is being used for merge replication, however, I don't want this column to be replicated. Re-initialising the subscriptions is not a option. Help would be appreciated.
I am using SQLSERVER 2005 (SP1).
Hi,
I am doing a repl.in SQL7/NT.
At time of 'Push Subscription wizard' - I used the option "Yes,Initialize the schema and data......" whereas I already had data and schema at the subscriber.
Now my question is what will happen now and how long will this process take(for approx5GB of DAta).
OR should I stop the process - it's already an hour when I started the process.
Any suggestion appreciated.
I have a snapshot & a transcation publication on Server A, and a pull subscription for each on Server B.
The distribution agent on ServerA has the error:
"The subscription(s) have been marked inactive and must be reinitialized. NoSync subscriptions will need to be dropped and recreated."
Any idea what caused this ..... Everything was fine for a week or so.
Does anyone know of any good books or publications on Replication ? I've got some DBA books that cover the basics, but I'd like something that helps explain the oddball situations.
SQL 2K
I am trying to pull subscription for a database but I always get the error message ...
Error 15004: Name cannot be null
What exactly have I done wrong
Plaese help
Thanks
Nneka Echebe