Article ID: 248624
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q248624
BUG #: 56747 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
When creating a publication for replication, the publication creation process may fail with the following errors:
CAUSE
This may occur if both of the following conditions are true:
- One of the columns included in the publication has a name that is longer than 40 characters.
-and-
- You are attempting to create a transactional publication with the Allow Immediate-Updating Subscribers option.
To work around this problem, either reduce the length of the name of the column that is longer than 40 characters or create the publication without immediate-updating subscribers.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, either reduce the length of the name of the column that is longer than 40 characters or create the publication without immediate-updating subscribers.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
254561 INF: How to Obtain Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0
For more information, contact your primary support provider.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce the Problem
Use the following statement to create a table that has a column with a name greater than 40 characters long:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[t1] ( [this_will_fail_because_the_column_length_is_greater_than_forty] [int] NULL , [j] [int] NOT NULL primary key, [msrepl_synctran_ts] [timestamp] NOT NULL )
- Try to create a Transactional publication and allow immediate updating subscribers.
Additional query words: replication repl
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB248624
