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FIX: You Cannot Synchronize Between a Replication Publisher and a Replication Republisher

Article ID: 825025 - View products that this article applies to.

BUG #: 356627 (SQL Server 8.0)

SYMPTOMS

If you have a republisher (also known as a publishing subscriber) that has the same name as the original publisher, and you make schema changes to an article on the original publisher, the subscriber may not synchronize with the republisher. You may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following in the agent history of the republisher:

The row was inserted at <central publisher> but could not be inserted at <republisher>. Procedure or function sp_ins_<guid> has too many arguments specified.
The row was updated at <subscriber> but could not be updated at <republisher>. Procedure or function sp_upd_<guid> has too many arguments specified.

Additionally, if you run a trace session by using SQL Profiler on the computer where the republisher is running, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following in the trace window:

Error: 8144, Severity: 16, State: 2 ( Procedure or function %.*ls has too many arguments specified.)

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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

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) 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
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   31-May-2003  06:15  2000.80.818.0      78,400  Console.exe      
   24-Jun-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0      33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll     
   24-Apr-2003  13:42                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf
   24-Apr-2003  13:42                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf
   29-Jan-2003  13:25                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   23-Jun-2003  10:10  2000.80.837.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll        
   23-Jun-2003  10:10  2000.80.837.0     639,552  Dtswiz.dll       
   23-Apr-2003  14:21                    747,927  Instdist.sql
   02-May-2003  13:26                      1,581  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   07-Feb-2003  18:10  2000.80.765.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll      
   31-Mar-2003  13:37                      1,873  Odsole.sql
   04-Apr-2003  13:16  2000.80.800.0      62,024  Odsole70.dll     
   07-May-2003  08:11  2000.80.819.0      25,144  Opends60.dll     
   02-Apr-2003  09:18  2000.80.796.0      57,904  Osql.exe         
   02-Apr-2003  10:45  2000.80.797.0     279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   22-May-2003  10:27                     19,195  Qfe469571.sql
   11-Jul-2003  04:34                  1,084,147  Replmerg.sql
   04-Apr-2003  09:23  2000.80.798.0     221,768  Replprov.dll     
   07-Feb-2003  18:10  2000.80.765.0     307,784  Replrec.dll      
   11-Jul-2003  04:26                  1,085,925  Replsys.sql
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0     492,096  Semobj.dll       
   31-May-2003  05:57  2000.80.818.0     172,032  Semobj.rll
   28-May-2003  11:59                    115,944  Sp3_serv_uni.sql
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0   4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll       
   07-Apr-2003  05:14                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   19-Mar-2003  05:50  2000.80.789.0      28,672  Sqlevn70.rll
   01-Jul-2003  11:48  2000.80.834.0     180,736  Sqlmap70.dll     
   07-Feb-2003  18:10  2000.80.765.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll     
   10-Jul-2003  09:30  2000.80.840.0   7,553,105  Sqlservr.exe     
   07-Feb-2003  18:10  2000.80.765.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll       
   24-Jun-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0      33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll     
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll     
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0      25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll     
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0     158,240  Svrnetcn.dll     
   31-May-2003  06:29  2000.80.818.0      76,416  Svrnetcn.exe     
   30-Apr-2003  11:22  2000.80.816.0      45,132  Ums.dll          
   01-Jul-2003  11:49  2000.80.834.0      98,816  Xpweb70.dll      
   23-Jun-2003  10:10  2000.80.837.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll        
   23-Jun-2003  10:10  2000.80.837.0     639,552  Dtswiz.dll       
   02-Apr-2003  09:18  2000.80.796.0      57,904  Osql.exe         
   02-Apr-2003  10:45  2000.80.797.0     279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0     492,096  Semobj.dll       
   31-May-2003  05:57  2000.80.818.0     172,032  Semobj.rll
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0   4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll       
   07-Apr-2003  05:14                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   31-May-2003  12:31  2000.80.818.0     158,240  Svrnetcn.dll     
   31-May-2003  06:29  2000.80.818.0      76,416  Svrnetcn.exe

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

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Steps to Reproduce the Problem

To reproduce this problem, follow these steps.

Note To reproduce the problem, you must have a central publisher, a republisher, and a subscriber.

Set up a publication named "A" to act as a central publisher.
Set up a push subscription from the central publisher.
On the subscriber that you set up in step 2, set up a publication that has the same name as the central publisher ("A") to act as a republisher.
Set up a push subscription from the republisher to a subscriber.
Make sure that the initial snapshots are applied on each subscriber.
On the central publisher, add a column to the published table. For more information about how to add a column, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa237127(SQL.80).aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa237127(SQL.80).aspx)
Insert a row in the published table on the central publisher.
Run the Merge Agent on the central publisher to synchronize the data with the republisher.
Click the publisher, and then view the conflicts.

You may receive one of the error messages that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

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