Data replication betweeb different database vendors

Aloha!
On MSDN there are quite a few good patterns when it comes to data
replication between SQL Servers. However in my scenario, a
"Implementing Master-Slave Transactional Incremental Replication Using SQL
Server" or "Implementing Master-Slave Snapshot Replication Using SQL Server"
(MSDN patterns), we will be sitting on a Slave database (SQL Server 2000)
which is dependent upon several different Master databases (from different
vendors and different suppliers). My question is if there are some patterns
that describes this scenario, preferably a XML based solution which is
transparent when it comes to the Master source.
BR,
Max.
Max,
SQL Server can indeed be used as a subscriber, but this is currently just
implemented from the point of view of the vendor's databases ie from within
SQL Server you can't create a publication on another Database server eg DB2,
Sybase etc. Some third-party tools do this type of amalgamation, but it is
also possible to program integration using applications built with SQL-DMO
and the Replication Distributor Interface
Have a look at Heterogenous Publishers in BOL.
HTH,
Paul Ibison
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