Load data from master drops tables

[Peter Dunham]

I have a database distributed across 2 machines.

Machine A writes to x tables and replicates those statements to B
Machine B writes to y tables and replicates those statements to A

NB. not all tables on A exist on B and vice-versa.

This all works fine, but in the case of problems, if I issue a load data from master on Machine A, it successfully updates the tables from Machine B, but also deletes on the tables on Machine A that are not on Machine B. Not desirable.

I've submitted this as a bug but does anyone know of any workarounds/alternatives.

Thanks

Peter