SQL 2005 SP3 - Republishing server Error when attempting to Create a 2nd publication for a table which is already used in the First Publication "The specified automatic identity support parameters conflict with the settings in another article"

Hi all,

I have a problem and would appreciate any advice in order to troubleshoot and address it.

I have the following setup

SQL 2005 SP3 on the Publisher and this is Merge Replication.

The Republishing Server has 1 publication for a table which uses the Automatic Identity Key Management
feature. Note that this all works great but when I try and create another Publication using the same table but filtering the data in a different way
I now run into the error "The specified automatic identity support parameters conflict with the settings in another article"[i][/i].

So as a Basic Example we have

1. First publication looking in Table_1 for a Filter to look at Company Code 1

2. Second publication looking at Table_1 for a filter to at Company Code 2

On attempting to create the second publication the above error is thrown.

Any advice on how to troubleshoot further?

Kind Regards,

MMck