Will updating a column size on the Oracle publisher table require a...
Hello,There's a column on the oracle publisher side that needs to be change to a char(50) from a char(2). Do I need to drop the publication and re-create it? I'm know I will need to update the...
View ArticleError: The schema script 'TableName_3.sch' could not be propagated to the...
Hello all,I am trying to set up merge replication. The merge agent does not run and gives the following error message:The schema script 'TableName_3.sch' could not be propagated to the subscriber.The...
View ArticleMicrosoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition License - Need Help
Hi,I'm working as an IT Manager. In our office, we are using MS SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. This was installed before i join our company. So i don't have any idea about the License. When i...
View ArticleReplication fails with weird error
Hi All,I have peer to peer replication configured between 2 SQL server 2008 R2 enterprise servers. While replication is running fine from Node A to Node B, it fails from Node B to Node A with error...
View ArticleThe schema script 'Office_488.sch' could not be propagated to the subscriber.
I am new in Merge replication and don't know where to get help.i have two databases on same server and one is working fine and secondone is giving me below error. Althought everything is same as it. i...
View ArticleSQL Server MIrroring
We have an MSDN subscription and I was wondering if I could get some more information on a SQL server command. We are testing a mirrored SQL server setup and notice it having a large performance effect...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 repplicate production database to test database in SQL cluster
Hello,We have a sql 2008 R2 cluster with two nodes in our production environment. On this cluster is a database that we want to update/replicatie to a sql cluster in our test network. This has to be...
View ArticleReplicate non clustered indexes only
I need to replicate non clustered indexes only (not records) from publisher to subscriber to avoid downtime.Is there any option in Transaction replication SQL 2008 R2 to copy only non clustered indexes...
View Articleschema options for merge replication
From sql server BOL: to change xml to ntext have to use below schema option0x10000000Converts xml columns to ntext on the Subscriber.what should be i using if i dont want to convert xml to ntextdoes it...
View ArticleExample to Automate SQL Compare to "Restore" items from Subscriber that...
Hello,I opened an earlier thread asking about the best method to refresh a test/QC database with data from production. The catch is that both are acting as publishers to other databases and I don't...
View ArticleMerge Replication: Process could not enumerate changes
Running merge replication (pull) downloads from Pub to subscribers work fineUploading a change from subscriber to publisher generates message (logging turned on):The merge process could not enumerate...
View Articlehow to copy identity column to subscriber
Hi all,I m trying to setup replication between 2 servers. ServerA has around 10 tables that needs to be copied to ServerB 10 tables. Both servers has same exact copy of tables.Now all these 10 tables...
View ArticleShould I buy an out-of-print copy of this book or has too much changed?
I am seriously considering buying an out-of-print copy of this book:A Guide to SQL Server 2000 Transactional and Snapshot Replication by Hilary Cotter (ISBN: 978-0974973609)($99 because it's rare -...
View ArticleI initialized a transactional subscription using a backup (from a logical...
I initialized a transactional subscription using a backup (from a logical device) instead of a snapshot.However, when I need to reinitialize the subscription (eg. after adding new articles to the...
View Article"Replication-Replication Merge Subsystem: agent failed. The merge process...
We are receiving below alert frequently. When we get this alert i am checking repliction monitor and row count in both the tables and found everty thing is fine..Alert...
View ArticleHow I can add column to table on Subscriber ? This column exist on Publisher,...
I use merge replication and I want add column to table on Subscriber, but when I tried runalter table ... add [object_id] int nullI got"Msg 21531, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_MSmerge_altertable,...
View ArticleError running sys.sp_validate_replica_hosts_as_publishers
I am working with setting up Replication Publishers in AlwaysOn Availability Groups, and after running sp_redirect_publisher, there is a new stored procedure in SQL 2012 called...
View ArticleCan multiple hostname values go to the same subscriber database?
Our current replication uses a location column as the hostname value to differentiate where we want our partioned data to go to which server. Now we are being asked to have multiple locations...
View ArticleUnable to validate replication with...
Im getting error the following error when trying to run the above SP to validate my replication schema:Msg 21892, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_hadr_validate_replica_hosts_as_publishers, Line...
View ArticleMicrosoft.SqlServer.Replication.dll not found
Hi Everyone,I have a scenario where I have a publication ready for merge replication. I have also created the Subcribers. Now I want to write a small C# application to get my data synchronized using...
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