Microsoft KB Archive/327935

= FIX: Error Message: &quot;The specified index already exists&quot; May Occur When Re-initializing Subscription with SQL Server CE Edition =

Article ID: 327935

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q327935



BUG #: 5508 (SSCE)



SYMPTOMS
When SQL Server publishes to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition (SQL Server CE) subscribers, the Merge Agent may fail and you receive the following error message:

The specified index already exists.

The error message occurs after SQL Server applies a combination of schema changes and article changes (such as Add or Drop) to the publication and a later execution of the Merge Agent tries to propagate these schema changes to the SQL Server CE subscribers.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix 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 --

8/15/02    19:42:06   1.01.4415.0   114,754 bytes   Sscerp10.dll NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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