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Merge metadata cleanup changes in SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014 SP1

Chris Skorlinski [MSFT] Product Updates September 28, 2015

Share this Post  Content provided by: Hugo Nunes, Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer TITLE: Merge metadata cleanup changes in SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014 SP1 Abstract: This article briefly describes the change in the merge metadata cleanup logic introduced in SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SQL Server 2014 SP1, and provides some recommendations
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sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup fails after installing SQL 2012 SP2

Chris Skorlinski [MSFT] Product Updates October 6, 2014

Share this PostUnfortunately we discovered the fix for this problem was not included in SQL Server 2012 SP2 CU1 or CU2.  We anticipate the fix will be included in the next cumulative update for SQL Server 2012. We’re testing the work around below, so far no issues. ———————————————————————— — STOP all Merge Replication synchronizations —
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REPLICATION: My distribution agent generates a dump when replicating with my Oracle Subscriber

ReplTalk Product Updates, Troubleshooting June 22, 2011

Share this Postreposting from Claudia Silva Microsoft SQL Escalation Services United Kingdom http://blogs.technet.com/b/claudia_silva/ PROBLEM: I have a SQL Server 2005 replicating with an Oracle 11 subscriber. After installing the OLEDB driver for Oracle 11, a minidump is created every time the distributor tries to connect to Oracle: Distrib.exe crashes with STACK_OVERFLOW exception. The issue occurs
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