Unable to synchronize subscriber - off and on problem -- sql server replication

sql server replication : Unable to synchronize subscriber - off and on problem

Hilary Cotter
9/20/2006 11:18:02 AM

How did you deploy your snapshot? It sounds like there is a lingering merge
subscription somehow.

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footyplayer
9/20/2006 2:44:14 PM

Hi All,

We are running SQL2KSP4 and have 40+ subscribers (anonymous) using merge
replication. We added a subscription to a machine, and when we try to
synchronize it we receive:

Invalid subscription type is specified. A subscription to publication 'xxx'
already exists in the database with a different subscription type.

We are using the SQL Merge ActiveX control to accomplish synchronization. I
implemented error handling as shown in Books Online. If I look in the merge
agent list for the publication, I only see one merge agent present for the
subscriber in question. Any suggestions??

Thanks in Advance,
Brad

footyplayer
9/21/2006 1:23:14 PM

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by deploy it. We use a network share
that stores all of the snapshots generated by the snapshot jobs. The
machine was connected to the LAN when we set up the subscription. When we
set it up, there was no subscription on the target machine. There was also
no merge agent listed on the publisher for that subscriber. Does that help,
or were you looking for some other information?

Best Regards
Brad

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Brad
10/23/2006 8:03:21 AM

Can you sync from the backend through Enterprise Manager?
If you can and your problem syncing is only on your front end sync
application. You may want to check if there is a newer sync app
available or contact your DB to check the code.

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