increase size of varchar column.. table being replicated..

I have a table that is being replicated.. i would like to
increase the size of this column.. Is there a way to do
this without dropping the subscription?
Thanks,
niv
It can be done indirectly but it's not nice! You could add a new column with
the new datatype (sp_repladdcolumn), do an update on the table to populate
the column, then drop the column (sp_repldropcolumn). Do this again to
create the column having the same original name.
Alternatively, as you say, you can drop the publication then recreate from
scratch.
We're hoping that such things will be simpler in SQL Server 2005.
Regards,
Paul Ibison
sql

Increase columns width of merge replicated table

We are using merge replication and it is working fine. We are looking for increase in on numeric column 10,5 instead of 7,2. How I can do it?
Any suggession highly appreciated by us.
ThanksI have only been able to accomplish this by copying out the data and the rowguid for each record, sp_repldropcolumn the old column, sp_repladdcolumn'ing it back in, and copying the data back in. (might not have sproc names exactly right)

I remember reading about a builtin sproc that you could execute that would run certain commands on a database or table that was in replication, but I can't find it's name, and I don't know it's limitations.