FIX: Merge Agent for a filtered publication might fail

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BUG #: 363726 (SHILOH_BUGS)

SYMPTOMS

The Merge Agent for a filtered publication can fail, and you receive the following error message:

Failed to enumerate changes in the filtered articles.
Category: NULL Source:
Merge Replication Provider
Number: -2147200925
Message: Failed to enumerate changes in the filtered articles.
Category: COMMAND
Source: Failed Command
Number: 0
Message: create table #belong_agent_-2147483646 (tablenick int NOT NULL, rowguid uniqueidentifier NOT NULL,generation int NULL, lineage varbinary(255) NULL, col v varbinary(2048) NULL)
Category: SQLSERVER
Source: ServerName
Number: 170
Message: Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '-'.

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CAUSE

In certain scenarios, SQL Server creates the temporary table name with a dash sign in the table name; however, the dash sign in the table name causes the creation of the temporary table to fail.

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RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290211/ ) How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

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Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version         Size             File name
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   08-Feb-2003  05:43                    786,432 bytes  Distmdl.ldf
   08-Feb-2003  05:43                  2,359,296 bytes  Distmdl.mdf
   30-Jan-2003  01:55                        180 bytes  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   01-Feb-2003  00:32  2000.80.763.0   1,557,052 bytes  Dtsui.dll
   30-Jan-2003  05:18                    746,470 bytes  Instdist.sql
   30-Jan-2003  01:55                      1,402 bytes  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      90,692 bytes  Msgprox.dll
   08-Feb-2003  03:53                  1,065,895 bytes  Replmerg.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     221,768 bytes  Replprov.dll     
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     307,784 bytes  Replrec.dll
   30-Jan-2003  05:18                  1,084,318 bytes  Replsys.sql
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0     176,696 bytes  Sqlmap70.dll
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      57,920 bytes  Sqlrepss.dll
   08-Feb-2003  06:41  2000.80.765.0   7,528,529 bytes  Sqlservr.exe
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      45,644 bytes  Sqlvdi.dll
   08-Feb-2003  06:40  2000.80.765.0      82,492 bytes  Ssnetlib.dll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the files may also contain additional files.

Apply this fix to SQL CE subscribers

For SQL Server CE subscribers, you do not have to perform any additional steps if Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and SQL Server are running on the same computer.

If IIS is running on a different computer, follow these steps on the computer that is running IIS to correctly apply this fix:

Stop the IIS service.
Rename the following DLLs to Dllname_old.dll:
- Msgprox.dll
- Replprov.dll
- Replrec.dll
Note By default, these files are located in the Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM folder.
Copy the following files that are included in the hotfix to computer that is running IIS:
- 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 90,692 bytes Msgprox.dll
- 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 221,768 bytes Replprov.dll
- 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 307,784 bytes Replrec.dll
Reregister the previous DLLs by running regsvr32 using commands that are similar to the following:
regsvr32 DriveLetter:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\COM\Replrec.dll
Restart the IIS service.
Check Merge Replication Sync to make sure that no errors occurred.

Note The fix must be applied on both the publisher and the subscriber. The hotfix is also available in the security hotfix rollup that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

821277 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821277/ ) MS03-031: Security patch for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

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