FIX: Non-convergence may occur in a merge replication topology if the primary connection to the publisher is disconnected (889314)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Evaluation Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition 64 bit
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit
Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2000 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2000 fix release.

Article contents

SUMMARY

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:
  • The issues that are fixed by this hotfix package.
  • The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
  • Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package.
  • Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
  • Whether you must make any registry changes.
  • The files that are contained in the hotfix package.
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Introduction

Issues that are fixed by this hotfix package

The following issue is fixed in this SQL Server 2000 hotfix package:
  • Under some circumstances, changes to a SQL Server 2000 database are not replicated to some replicas in a merge replication topology. This state is known as non-convergence.

    The Merge Agent opens multiple connections between the publisher and subscribers when it merges changes across replicas. This problem may occur if the primary connection to the publisher is disconnected.
For a list of previous hotfixes, see the "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Post-Service Pack 3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Post-Service Pack 3a hotfixes" section in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

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MORE INFORMATION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more 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

Prerequisites

This hotfix requires Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 SP3, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

You must also have SQL Server 2000 Hotfix build 2000.80.977 installed.

For additional information about error messages that you receive when the SQL Server 2000 Post SP3a hotfix build 2000.80.977 is not installed, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888007 You receive a "The product does not have a prerequisite update installed" error message when you try to install a SQL Server 2000 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix

For additional information about the hotfix installer for Microsoft SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

842960 Description of the 32-bit SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 hotfix installer

Note You must apply this hotfix on all the following servers that are involved in the replication topology:
  • The publisher
  • The distributor
  • The subscriber


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Restart information

You must restart the SQL Server service after you apply this hotfix.

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Registry information

You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to enable this hotfix.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain of all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

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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   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     664,128  Autoplt.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      78,400  Console.exe      
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     332,352  Ctasksui.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     315,968  Custtask.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll     
   08-Apr-2004  21:42                    786,432  Distmdl.ldf
   08-Apr-2004  21:42                  2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf
   30-Sep-2003  22:55                        180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0   1,905,216  Dtspkg.dll       
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     528,960  Dtspump.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll        
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     639,552  Dtswiz.dll       
   30-Sep-2003  22:55                    747,927  Instdist.sql
   30-Sep-2003  22:55                      1,581  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     352,828  Isqlw.exe        
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      82,492  Itwiz.exe        
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll      
   19-May-2004  23:43  8.11.40209.0      209,408  Mssdi98.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      62,024  Odsole70.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      25,144  Opends60.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:07                     82,944  Opends60.pdb
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      57,904  Osql.exe         
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   30-Sep-2003  22:48                    550,780  Procsyst.sql
   08-Apr-2004  21:42                     12,305  Qfe469315.sql
   08-Apr-2004  21:42                     19,195  Qfe469571.sql
   27-Aug-2004  00:14                      5,157  Qfe472197.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     143,940  Qrdrsvc.exe      
   30-Nov-2004  23:04                  1,106,776  Replmerg.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     221,768  Replprov.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     307,784  Replrec.dll      
   25-Nov-2004  01:15  2000.80.991.0     159,813  Replres.rll
   27-Aug-2004  00:14                  1,086,925  Replsys.sql
   30-Sep-2003  22:55                    986,603  Repltran.sql
   25-Nov-2004  00:04                         55  Repl_uninstall.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     287,304  Rinitcom.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      78,416  Sdiclnt.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      66,112  Semmap.dll       
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      57,916  Semnt.dll        
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     492,096  Semobj.dll       
   25-Nov-2004  01:41  2000.80.991.0     172,032  Semobj.rll
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      53,832  Snapshot.exe     
   30-Sep-2003  22:48                    117,834  Sp3_serv_uni.sql
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      28,672  Sqlagent.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     311,872  Sqlagent.exe     
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     168,001  Sqlakw32.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      33,344  Sqlctr80.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0   4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll       
   30-Nov-2004  23:04                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   25-Nov-2004  01:07  2000.80.991.0      28,672  Sqlevn70.rll
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0     156,224  Sqlmaint.exe     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     180,792  Sqlmap70.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     188,992  Sqlmmc.dll       
   25-Nov-2004  01:30  2000.80.991.0     479,232  Sqlmmc.rll
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     401,984  Sqlqry.dll       
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0   7,716,945  Sqlservr.exe     
   30-Nov-2004  23:07                 13,337,600  Sqlservr.pdb
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     590,396  Sqlsort.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll       
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     106,588  Sqsrvres.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      33,340  Ssmsgnet.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      33,340  Ssmsqlgc.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     123,456  Stardds.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0     158,240  Svrnetcn.dll     
   30-Nov-2004  23:04  2000.80.991.0      76,416  Svrnetcn.exe     
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      49,228  Ums.dll          
   30-Nov-2004  23:07                    132,096  Ums.pdb
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      74,304  Xplog70.dll      
   30-Nov-2004  23:05  2000.80.991.0      98,872  Xpweb70.dll
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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 additional information about the naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages

For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/1/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbfix kbSQLServ2000preSP4fix kbHotfixServer kbQFE KB889314 kbAudDeveloper
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