Dist. Partitioned Views

I've read that the partitioning column must be part or
all of the primary key.
Is this design advice or a requirement? If it's a
requirement, why?
Any and all help appreciated,
Thanks,
Andrewit is a requirement, so that sql server will know to which
server the new row belongs. This is just to avoid
confilict and overlapping of the data on multiple servers.
>--Original Message--
>I've read that the partitioning column must be part or
>all of the primary key.
>Is this design advice or a requirement? If it's a
>requirement, why?
>Any and all help appreciated,
>Thanks,
>Andrew
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>sql