articles default

hi all, I was trying to set the articles to "delete data in the existing table that matches the row filter" in the publications "article>articles>table articles>snapshot" of the publication but everytime i reopen that property tab the publication restore to the default setting of 

"drop exisiting table and recreate it" 

i"m using sql server 2000. snapshot replication

-- thanks, joey

You can make use of dynamic snapshot to filter out the data.