Can replication work between SQL 2005 publisher and SQL 2008 subscriber?

replication, rmo-programming, sql-server

Solution

In short, yes.

The technology is backwards compatible and so a SQL Server 2008 subscriber can receive a subscription from a SQL Server 2005 Publisher.

For detailed documentation on the backward compatibility of SQL Server Replication please consult the following reference:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143323.aspx

Problem

I see this question here on SO but I am not sure that answers my question. My Central SQL server is 2005 Standard. I am developing an app that requires SQL Express to be installed locally. I am then programmatically creating the Subscriptions and then Syncing them. Can I use 2008 Express for this on the local machines?

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