Microsoft KB Archive/283036

= FIX: Setting Retention Period of a Merge Publication Can Drop Subscriptions =

Article ID: 283036

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q283036



BUG #: 58093 (SQLBUG_70)



SYMPTOMS
When the retention period of a merge publication is modified, all subscriptions of the publication may be dropped.



CAUSE
One or more other publications on the Publisher have their retention periods set to 0 (in other words, the subscription never expires). The problem is caused by the expired subscription clean-up agent when a published database has several publications. The sp_Msdrop_expired_mergesubscription procedure may mistakenly use the retention period of another publication, which never expires, instead of the retention period of the publication that has been modified.



WORKAROUND
If possible, set the retention period of all publications to the same value at the same time.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

274799 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: repl sp sproc st proc

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB283036

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