You create a publication in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft SQL Server 2008, or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. You try to update the schema of objects that are in the published database. In this situation, you may receive the following error message:
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Procedure sp_MStran_ddlrepl, Line <Line Number>
Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type tinyint.
SQL Server 2005
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2005 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:
980176Â
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Cumulative Update Package 9 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. 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:
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 1 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 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.
SQL Server 2008
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 9 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:
2083921Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=2083921/
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cumulative update 9 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. 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:
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.
SQL Server 2008 R2
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2261464Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=2261464/
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Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2
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 R2 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:
981356Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=981356/
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The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 was released
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
For 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 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
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates