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FIX: Error message when you open Replication Monitor for a transactional or merge publication in an instance of SQL Server 2008 that is an upgrade from SQL Server 2000: "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'isagentrunningnow'"Article ID: 970150 - View products that this article applies to. Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. SYMPTOMSConsider the following scenario. In an instance of SQL Server 2000, you configure a transactional publication or a merge publication. You upgrade the instance of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008. When you try to open Replication Monitor in SQL Server Management Studio, you receive the following error message: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sp_replmonitorrefreshdata, Line 386
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'isagentrunningnow', table 'distribution.dbo.MSreplication_monitordata'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated. CAUSEThis issue occurs because the isagentrunningnow column in the MSreplication_monitordata table does not allow NULL values after you upgrade the instance to SQL Server 2008. RESOLUTION
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 971491 Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1970365
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365/LN/
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The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released
WORKAROUNDTo work around this issue, run the following statement to set the isagentrunningnow column to allow NULL values: STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. REFERENCESFor more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935897 For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/
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An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
822499 For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822499/
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New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages824684
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updatesProperties |
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