FIX: Merge Initial Sync With Dynamic Filters Takes Long Time to Synchronize

• Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When working with Merge publications, which have Dynamic Filtering, the initial synchronization takes a long time to complete. This is because of the need to generate metadata for all rows at snapshot time, trying to eliminate the rows that will not be sent to this subscriber. This results in protracted initial sync times for large tables even though the subscriber receives only a small subset of the data. The problem does not occur if no horizontal (rows) filtering is involved.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack SP1 for Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. For information about downloading and installing the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/sql/.

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbbug7.00 kbSQLServ700 
Version           : winnt:7.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999