Consider the following scenario:
- In Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, you configure a transactional replication.
- The Distribution Agent encounters an error when it applies a batch of commands at the subscriber.
- The Distribution Agent reapplies the failed commands successfully.
In this scenario, you receive error message 20046 that indicates that the Distribution Agent failed even though the failed commands are reapplied successfully. Additionally, the following error messages are logged in the Distribution Agent log:
<DateTime> Agent message code 20046. ErrorId = <ErrorID>, SourceTypeId = 2
ErrorCode = '20046'
ErrorText = ''
<DateTime> Adding alert to msdb..sysreplicationalerts: ErrorId = <ErrorID>,
Transaction Seqno = <transaction sequence number>, Command ID = <CommandID>
The Distribution Agent reapplies the failed commands by performing a multistream retry attempt or several regular stream retry attempts. This problem may occur when either of these retry attempts is performed. However, this problem occurs more frequently when a multistream retry attempt is performed because multistream retry attempts succeed more frequently.
The Distribution Agent incorrectly reports a failure even though the failed commands are reapplied successfully.
SQL Server 2005
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
976951Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=976951/
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Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
960598Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=960598/
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 was released
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
979065Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=979065/
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Cumulative update package 7 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1
Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
970365Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=970365/
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The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935897Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=935897/
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An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
For more information about how to obtain SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
913089Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=913089/
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How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005
For more information about new features and improvements in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
822499Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=822499/
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New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=824684/
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates