Cannot Alter Table Being Published For Replication
Jun 8, 2006
Hi all,
I'm using SQL Server 2000 SP3 to store data for real time transaction
processing.
I have set up replication to another server using a push subscription to
give me immediate backup.
I need to alter the data type of one of the columns and am using the
following basic sql:
alter table Voucher
alter column SerialNumber varchar(20) NOT NULL
However I keep getting this error message:
Server: Msg 4929, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot alter the table 'Terminals' because it is being published for
replication.
Is there anything I can do to allow this update taking place, short of
deleting the subscription and recreating it. (I want to try and avoid
this as the same update needs to be applied to about 10 databases that
are also replicated in the same way).
All help is appreciated.
Brian.
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Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure upd_3E6DE124B82D42A5AEB169557C0D757C, Line 60 Invalid object name 'ctsv_3E6DE124B82D42A5AEB169557C0D757C'.
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I have also tried:
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Here is what I am doing:
Old View: Select table1.record_number, table1.record_date, table1.status_code, table2.status_desc,
table2.txt_sort_order
FROM table1 join table2 on table1.status_code = table2.status_code
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Thanks
************************************************** ****** Contract table DDL is
create table contract( contractNum int identity(1,1) primary key, contractDate smalldatetime not null, tuition money not null, studentId char(4) not null foreign key references student (studentId), contactId int not null foreign key references contact (contactId) );
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p.s.: Sorry for my poor english..I hope you understand my question!
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declare @name varchar(50) declare c cursor for select name from sys.tables open c fetch next from c into @name while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 begin if( (select count(*) from sys.columns WHERE object_id IN (SELECT object_id FROM sys.tables WHERE name = @name ) and name='ins_id') = 0 ) begin alter table @name add ins_id int end
fetch next from c into @name end close c deallocate c
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