KB3081580 - FIX: "String or binary data would be truncated" error when you use peer-to-peer replication in SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Assume that you have a table participating in a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 peer-to-peer transactional replication, and the table contains large number of columns. When a conflict occurs for this table, the distribution agent may fail, and you receive the following error message:

Note

String or binary data would be truncated. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 8152)

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server:

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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.