SQL Server Builds

943656 Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

2008-02-17T08:28:00.000-08:00

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

Cumulative Update 5 contains hotfixes for SQL Server 2005 issues that have been fixed since the release of Service Pack 2.

Note This build of the cumulative update package is also known as build 3215.

941450 Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

2007-10-21T03:05:00.000-07:00

INTRODUCTION

Cumulative Update 4 contains hotfixes for SQL Server 2005 issues that have been fixed since the release of Service Pack 2.

Note This build of the cumulative update package is also known as build 3200.

915307 FIX: You experience a slow uploading process if conflicts occur when many merge agents upload changes to the publishers at the same time in SQL

2007-01-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915307/

SYMPTOMS

You have many merge agents in SQL Server 2005. For example, you have 500 merge agents. When these merge agents upload changes to the publishers at the same time, you experience a slow uploading process. In some cases, the uploading process never finishes.

This problem occurs if conflicts occur when these merge agents upload changes.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the following behavior occurs when the merge agents try to log conflicts during the upload process:

When a merge agent queries the MSmerge_conflicts_info table, the query optimizer performs an Index Scan on the table instead of a Clustered Index Seek on the table.
No index is defined on the MSmerge_conflict_PublicationName_ArticleName table. When a merge agent queries the table, the query optimizer performs a Table Scan. When these merge agents log conflicts, SQL Server frequently queries the table. However, a Table Scan consumes lots of time if the table is big.

Additionally, a deadlock occurs in the following scenario:

One merge agent holds a lock on a user table at the publisher.
The merge agent requests a lock on the MSmerge_conflict_PublicationName_ArticleName table.
At the same time, another merge agent holds a lock on the MSmerge_conflict_PublicationName_ArticleName table and requests a lock on the same user table.

In this scenario, the merge agents block one another.

If a deadlock occurs, the uploading process never finishes.

927289 FIX: Updates to the SQL Server Mobile subscriber may not be reflected in the SQL Server 2005 merge publication

2007-01-11T12:21:00.000-08:00

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. A Microsoft SQL Server 2005 merge publication has a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) subscriber. In the merge publication, you create column filters on the articles of the publisher. In this scenario, updates to the SQL Server Mobile subscriber may not be reflected in the merge publication.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the SQL Server Mobile subscriber does not track column version information for a vertically partitioned publication against a SQL Server subscriber.

929179 FIX: A memory leak may occur every time that you synchronize a SQL Server Mobile subscriber in SQL Server 2005

2007-01-10T23:27:00.000-08:00

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. You create a merge publication in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. You configure Web synchronization for the merge publication. In this scenario, a memory leak may occur every time that you synchronize a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) subscriber. In the W3wp.exe process, the memory usage increases, and the number of handles increases.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the Replrec.dll file leaks memory and leaks handles.

Microsoft SQL Server Builds

2007-01-05T23:46:00.000-08:00

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