Article ID: 816780
Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
BUG #: 362976 (SHILOH_BUGS)
SYMPTOMS
Starting with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), the Merge Agent may report failures for articles that have an indexed view defined or that have an index on a computed column defined. You may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
The xp_execresultset extended stored procedure is used to create the merge procedures (sp_ins, sp_upd, sp_del, and sp_sel) for articles. Starting with SQL Server 2000 SP3, xp_execresultset has been re-written as a Transact-SQL stored procedure. However, this Transact-SQL stored procedure was incorrectly created with the ANSI_NULLS OFF setting. Because the dynamic EXECUTE statement inherits from the parent procedure setting, the merge procedures (sp_ins, sp_upd, sp_del, and sp_sel) were also created with the ANSI_NULLS OFF setting. This violates the requirements for indexed views that need the ANSI_NULLS setting to be ON. For a complete list of requirements for indexed views, see the "REFERENCES" section of this article.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
Hotfix information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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
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26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 29,244 bytes Dbmslpcn.dll
08-Feb-2003 05:43 786,432 bytes Distmdl.ldf
08-Feb-2003 05:43 2,359,296 bytes Distmdl.mdf
30-Jan-2003 01:55 180 bytes Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
01-Feb-2003 00:32 2000.80.763.0 1,557,052 bytes Dtsui.dll
30-Jan-2003 05:18 746,470 bytes Instdist.sql
30-Jan-2003 01:55 1,402 bytes Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 90,692 bytes Msgprox.dll
08-Feb-2003 03:53 1,065,895 bytes Replmerg.sql
08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 221,768 bytes Replprov.dll
08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 307,784 bytes Replrec.dll
07-Mar-2003 05:02 1,084,369 bytes Replsys.sql
03-Mar-2003 17:18 104,958 bytes Sp3_serv_uni.sql
19-Mar-2003 18:20 2000.80.789.0 28,672 bytes Sqlevn70.rll
28-Feb-2003 01:34 2000.80.778.0 176,696 bytes Sqlmap70.dll
08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 57,920 bytes Sqlrepss.dll
19-Mar-2003 18:23 2000.80.789.0 7,540,820 bytes Sqlservr.exe
08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 45,644 bytes Sqlvdi.dll
26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 29,244 bytes Ssmslpcn.dll
26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 82,492 bytes Ssnetlib.dll
17-Mar-2003 14:49 727,132 bytes Sysmessages.sym
28-Feb-2003 01:34 2000.80.778.0 98,872 bytes Xpweb70.dll
NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the files may also contain additional files.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
- Use the ALTER PROCEDURE statement to change the xp_execresultset Transact-SQL command and the sp_execresultset Transact-SQL command after you turn the ANSI_NULLS setting to ON.
- Run the sp_vupgrade_replication stored procedure to re-create the merge stored procedures with the correct ANSI_NULLS setting.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.
REFERENCES
For more information, see the "Resolving Indexes on Views" topic in SQL Server Books Online.
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