Article ID: 328318
Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
This article was previously published under Q328318
BUG #: 358247 (SHILOH_BUGS)
SYMPTOMS
When SQL Server is running under some stress conditions, the SQL Server CE subscriber Merge Agent may not close the open generations. As a result, the replication metadata may have a generation number that is greater than the open generation that is sent to the SQL Server CE subscribers.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because of the assertion raised by the Merge Agent under some stress conditions.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.
REFERENCES
For more information about replication with SQL Server CE, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Replication with SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
For additional information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307356 INF: Understanding Merge Replication Article Processing Order
315758 FIX: Merge Non-Convergence for SQL Server CE Subscriber
290082 FIX: Failed Server-Side Retail Assertion in Merge Replication with SQL Server CE Clients
308266 PRB: Non-Convergence When SQL Server Processes Child and Parent Generations in Separate Generation Batches
309016 FIX: SQL Server CE Subscribers May Encounter Unnecessary Network Traffic on Synchronization
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