FIX: Error message when you create a merge replication for tables that have computed columns or columns of the timestamp data type in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4: "The process could not log conflict information"

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:

• The issues that are fixed by the hotfix package
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
• Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
• Whether you must make any registry changes
• The files that are contained in the hotfix package

In Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4), you create a merge replication for tables that have computed columns or columns of the timestamp data type. When you try to synchronize the subscriptions, you receive the following error message during the snapshot process in the Replication Merge Agent:If you ignore the error message, and you then continue the synchronization, the Replication Merge Agent soon fails when the Replication Merge Agent connects to the subscriber to enumerate changes. The following error message is logged in the Mergelog.txt file:Note The "Restricted data type attribute violation" error message is an ODBC error message.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Prerequisites

• SQL Server 2000 SP4
  
  For information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 SP4, 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

Registry information

You do not have to change the registry.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

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 item in Control Panel.

SQL Server 2000 32-bit version

SQL Server 2000 Itanium architecture version

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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