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How to skip a transaction

ReplTalk ReplTalk Blog, Troubleshooting May 28, 2019

Stored procedure sp_setsubscriptionxactseqno allows Distribution Agent to skip transaction(s) in Transactional Replication. Internally this stored procedure sets the last delivered watermark (LSN) stored in subscriber’s MSreplication_subscriptions table. Upon restarting the Distribution Agent return transactions greater that this watermark (LSN) from the Distribution database cache (msrepl_commands). [crayon-5d140bc2cbef3786626832/] Skipping Errors Skipping Errors is useful when Distribution Agent is
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change_tracking_hardened_cleanup_version not incrementing in SQL 2014 SP3

ReplTalk Troubleshooting May 21, 2019

When running manual SQL 2014 SP3 Change Tracking sp_flush_commit_table_on_demand you observe change_tracking_hardened_cleanup_version is not moving forward and syscommittab table not being cleaned up even though auto-clean is enabled. Executing: sp_flush_commit_table_on_demand 1000     The value returned by change_tracking_hardened_cleanup_version() is 1133436.     The value returned by safe_cleanup_version() is 1850878.     Executing: sp_flush_commit_table_on_demand 1000  
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Setting commitbatchsize returns ‘An invalid parameter or value was specified in the command line.’

ReplTalk ReplTalk Blog April 26, 2019

Recently worked on a case where customer was getting this error when modifing the Distribution agent Job to use CommitBatchSize of 12K and above: Agent message code 20028. An invalid parameter or value was specified in the command line. (parameter = ‘-commitbatchsize’, value = ‘12000’) This error occurs when setting commitbatchsize greater than 10000. The
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ReplTip Push v Pull Subscriptions

ReplTalk Best Practices, ReplTalk Blog April 1, 2019

Here is a quick ReplTip on difference in SQL Management Studio and Replication Monitor for Push v. Pull Subscriptions. Push v. Pull with Management Studio For PULL subscribers you must connect via SSMS or Remote Desktop (RDP) connection to the Subscriber to performance administrative tasks like starting, stopping, or changing parameters. The icon changes to
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