SQL 2012 :: Merge Replication - Identity Columns

Nov 3, 2015

I was reading this:

"Adding an identity column to a published table is not supported, because it can result in non-convergence when the column is replicated to the Subscriber. The values in the identity column at the Publisher depend on the order in which the rows for the affected table are physically stored. The rows might be stored differently at the Subscriber; therefore the value for the identity column can be different for the same rows."

I don't understand...

If I create a table with an identity column and publish it. Can the values on the subscriber be different when the data is replicated?

Suppose I have a this table:

1 Name1
2 Name2
3 Name3

Column 1 is identity field and column 2 the name of employees.

If I publish this table , the data can be inserted on the subscriber .pe, with 2 name1 and 1 name3 and 1 name2?

What about if the identify fields is a primary key?

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Hi,

I read the BOL on how the publisher will had out identity ranges to subscribers, but it was not clear if this was also the case for anonymous subscribers. Will merge replication with identity columns work with anonymous subscribers that sync via HTTPS?

Thanks,
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Dear all,

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Sever: sql 2000
Replication: Merge

Issue:
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I have allocated 500k ranges, with 80% threshold to the publisher and subscriber databases for this table. The table only holds 225,000 records.

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I have a database table with a simple identity column. As a starting point... when I run the following queries... this is what I get:

SELECT Max(AliasID) FROM Account_Managers
1300006

DBCC CHECKIDENT ('Account_Managers')
Checking identity information: current identity value '1300006', current column value '1300006'.


Now... I set up merge replication, with the plan of allowing SQL Server to manage my identity ranges for me. I set up my ranges to be 100000 on the publication, 100000 on the subscriber, with a threshold of 80.

I would EXPECT to see the constraint
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([AliasID]>(1400006) AND [AliasID]<=(1500006)) on the subscriber.

However... what I do get is:

([AliasID]>(1300006) AND [AliasID]<=(1400006) OR [AliasID]>(1400006) AND [AliasID]<=(1500006)) on the publisher and

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Can anyone tell me why I get the OR... which essentially makes my identity ranges twice as large as they should be?

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Hi all i have setup merge replication with one publisher and 3 subscribers



The replication worked fine for about 2 months then i recieved the following error on all my subscriptions



The Publisher failed to allocate a new set of identity ranges for the subscription.
This can occur when a Publisher or a republishing Subscriber has run out of identity
ranges to allocate to its own Subscribers or when an identity column data type does
not support an additional identity range allocation. If a republishing Subscriber has
run out of identity ranges, synchronize the republishing Subscriber to obtain more
identity ranges before restarting the synchronization. If a Publisher runs out of identit
(Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL-2147199417)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147199417


I have updated my sql server to service pack 2

The publisher is sql Standard edition and the subscribers are Express edition



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Hello I currently have a merge replication set up with 4 subscribers. A primary field for one of my tables is set to a integer indetity.



What Ive noticed is that depending on which database I enter data into, the indentity field (primary key) is set within a certain range I.e



On Server 1 - Values start from 1 then 2,3,4 etc etc



Server 2 - 24001, 24002, 24003 etc etc



Server 3 - 46001, 46002, 46003 etc etc



Server 4 - 68001, 68002, 68003



My question is what happens when these ranges eventually conflict? Do they automatically gain a different range such as 142 001, 142 002 etc etc?



Ive tried looking in SQL Help, and a quick search here, Im just after some confirmation before I implement this to my app.



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Is there another way or a global location where I can set the property to true and even mention the ranges and the threshold, so that I dont have to pick each table and set it individually.

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(Long post)

I have a production database with about half the tables using
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without updates. The SQL Server Agent runs every hour to pick up any
changes and replicate them to the Subscriber (another SQL Server
machine configured as our failover server).

Both servers are running SQL Server 7.0 (original, no service packs)
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The failover server (the replication Subscriber) will only be used if
the primary server goes down. And hopefully, only for a short time
before the primary server comes back online. During the time that the
failover is actually being used, the application will not make any
changes to the database.

The IDENTITY values that are replicated need to stay with their
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these columns when there are inserted into the database on the
Publisher (i.e. failover server)

My question is: According to the documention, I can add 'NOT FOR
REPLICATION' to the IDENTITY columns and the values will be
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sequence on the subscriber and the 2nd time a row gets inserted on
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stored procedure, he executes a 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT OFF', then
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Who is right? Do I have to create a stored procedure for replication
for every table with an IDENTITY column, or can I just add 'NOT FOR
REPLICATION' and SQL Server will handle the rest?

NOTE: Upgrading to SQL Server 2000 is NOT an option right now.
Although, if a Service Pack for 7 fixes this, that might be an option.

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Dear all,



We have an application that use merge replication between MSDE and Devices with SQL CE.



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- drop current replication

- recreate our replication



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- Have you ever encounter this type of issue?

- What can create it?

- Is our approach fully inappropriate?



Please let me know if you need more information,

Best regards,



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3 2 200 child
4 2 200 child
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