Consolidate multiple databases via merge replication

Hi
I am trying to merge a set of tables from 5 separate databases (4 on
separate servers and 2 on the same server) into one 'master' database.
The tables being replicated all have unique ID ranges
How to I organise the replication so that the subscriber database can allow
inserts which fit into the ID ranges for the related Publishers database.
ie All inserts with a Lab_ID = 'L' should ONLY be replicated back to the
associated publisher.
I am not familiar with the automatic identity range handling .. can anyone
point me to an article about how this works ?
any help would be appreciated
cheers
mike
Mike,
as you've got multiple publishers, just ordinary filters will work to
restrict the flow of data to each publisher. For identity range handling,
you'll need to design each publisher's range yourself. The subscriber table
can be created during the first initialization, and all others are nosync
ones. So, the subscriber's identity range is defined after the first
initialization, and subsequent publications need to be sure not to overlap
with this range. Make the ranges large, because assignment of another range
might cause an overlap, so if the range is so big there will never be any
need to reset then this is best.
Alternatively, all subscriptions can be nosync ones.
These might help:
http://www.replicationanswers.com/No...alizations.asp
http://www.replicationanswers.com/ManualIdentities.asp
Cheers,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)