FIX: ActiveX Controls for Replication May Cause Access Violation with More Than 256 Articles in a Publication (306816)

SYMPTOMS

Initiating snapshots for a replication publication using the Snapshot Agent ActiveX control with status events may cause an access violation (AV). The access violation halts the snapshot generation, and can cause the application running the control to shut down. This problem is only encountered when creating a snapshot for a publication that contains more than 256 articles.

RESOLUTION

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 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix

NOTE: The following hotfix was created prior to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   File name    Platform
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   s80438i.exe  x86

NOTE: Due to file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.

WORKAROUND

Do not use the status events functionality when generating snapshots by way of the Snapshot Agent ActiveX control.
Try to break publications that contain more than 256 articles into separate publications.