Merge replication script

• Gaurav-934012

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  January 12, 2009 at 9:00 am

  #204863

  Hi All

  I have set up the merge replication in SSMS (management studio). I am able to perform merge replication between subscriber and publisher. But the synchronization process has to be started manually.

  I am using a script to start the synchronization but I am getting some errors.

  Script and error details are as follows

  Script:

  declare @cmd varchar(4000),

  @publisher varchar(400),

  @publicationDB varchar(400),

  @publication varchar(400),

  @subscriptionDB varchar(400),

  set @publisher='publisher_name'

  set @publicationDB='db_name'

  set @publication='publication_name'

  set @subscriptionDB='db_name1'

  /* The following command should be all on one line. It is displayed on multiple

  lines here because of the limitations of the page. */

  set @cmd="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\COM\REPLMERG.EXE" -Publication @publication -Publisher @publisher -Subscriber @publisher -Distributor @publisher -PublisherDB @publicationDB -SubscriberDB @subscriptionDB -PublisherSecurityMode 1 -PublisherLogin @login -PublisherPassword @password -OutputVerboseLevel 2 -SubscriberSecurityMode 1 -SubscriberLogin @login -SubscriberPassword @password -SubscriptionType 1 -DistributorSecurityMode 1 -DistributorLogin @login -DistributorPassword @password -Validate 3 -ParallelUploadDownload 0

  exec xp_cmdshell '@cmd'

  go

  Error:

  Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 17

  Incorrect syntax near '@publication'.

  Any idea how can I get rid of this error?

  Thanks

  Gaurav

• Graeme100

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  January 15, 2009 at 2:32 am

  #927128

  It's not the comma at the end of the declared variables is it ?

  Regards

  Graeme

• noeld

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  January 15, 2009 at 9:37 am

  #927470

  Gaurav (1/12/2009)

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  Hi All

  I have set up the merge replication in SSMS (management studio). I am able to perform merge replication between subscriber and publisher. But the synchronization process has to be started manually.

  I am using a script to start the synchronization but I am getting some errors.

  Script and error details are as follows

  Script:

  declare @cmd varchar(4000),

  @publisher varchar(400),

  @publicationDB varchar(400),

  @publication varchar(400),

  @subscriptionDB varchar(400),

  set @publisher='publisher_name'

  set @publicationDB='db_name'

  set @publication='publication_name'

  set @subscriptionDB='db_name1'

  /* The following command should be all on one line. It is displayed on multiple

  lines here because of the limitations of the page. */

  set @cmd="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\COM\REPLMERG.EXE" -Publication @publication -Publisher @publisher -Subscriber @publisher -Distributor @publisher -PublisherDB @publicationDB -SubscriberDB @subscriptionDB -PublisherSecurityMode 1 -PublisherLogin @login -PublisherPassword @password -OutputVerboseLevel 2 -SubscriberSecurityMode 1 -SubscriberLogin @login -SubscriberPassword @password -SubscriptionType 1 -DistributorSecurityMode 1 -DistributorLogin @login -DistributorPassword @password -Validate 3 -ParallelUploadDownload 0

  exec xp_cmdshell '@cmd'

  go

  Error:

  Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 17

  Incorrect syntax near '@publication'.

  Any idea how can I get rid of this error?

  Thanks

  Gaurav

  The parameters should be decoded on the @cmd variable like:

  /* The following command should be all on one line. It is displayed on multiple

  lines here because of the limitations of the page. */

  set @cmd='"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\COM\REPLMERG.EXE" -Publication ' + @publication + ' -Publisher ' + @publisher + ' -Subscriber ' + @publisher + ' -Distributor ' + @publisher + ' -PublisherDB ' + @publicationDB + ' -SubscriberDB ' + @subscriptionDB +' -PublisherSecurityMode 1 -PublisherLogin ' + @login + ' -PublisherPassword '+ @password + '-OutputVerboseLevel 2 -SubscriberSecurityMode 1 -SubscriberLogin ' + @login + ' -SubscriberPassword ' + @password + ' -SubscriptionType 1 -DistributorSecurityMode 1 -DistributorLogin ' + @login + ' -DistributorPassword ' + @password + ' -Validate 3 -ParallelUploadDownload 0 '

  
  * Noel

• Gaurav-934012

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  January 15, 2009 at 9:45 am

  #927478

  Thanks a lot I got rid of the error

  and the script worked fine if both the publisher and subscriber are on the same machine, however if the subscriber and publisher are on different machines It gave me the following errors

  1.The process could not connect to the distributor

  2. Login failed for the user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON

  But If I use SSMS to synchronize database between publisher and subscriber it works fine.

  I was just wondering why merge replication works in SSMS but it does not work when I use the above script.

  Thanks

  Gaurav

• noeld

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  January 15, 2009 at 10:18 am

  #927518

  xp_cmdshell uses "SQL Server Account" to run under if there is no proxy associated with it.

  You need to run that script under a domain account with the right permissions.

  You must also ensure that there is connectivity between the machines and that the account you are passing are correctly setup in both machines.

  
  * Noel