Article ID: 253810
Article Last Modified on 3/14/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q253810
BUG #: 57493 (SQLBUG_70)
SYMPTOMS
The merge agent fails with the following error message:
The task reports the preceding remote procedure call (RPC) failure in its history, which can be misleading because there are not any other connectivity problems. The merge agent runs into a handled exception with the following stack, as seen in the replication exception log file:
CAUSE
The RPC failed message is the result of a exception with the merge agent. Replmerg.exe fails while inserting generation history, generating an exception when completely filling the allocated memory buffer. This causes an out of space situation and the required null termination character cannot be added, subsequently causing the access violation.
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.
Additional query words: av crash merge fail proc failure
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB253810