How do you resolve a primary key violation in transactional Replication?

How do you resolve a primary key violation in transactional Replication?

Options to Address Violation of PRIMARY KEY Errors

  1. Union two tables.
  2. Limit subscriber permissions.
  3. Use merge replication.
  4. Use filters.

How does database Replication work?

The data in the publication database is copied (replicated) to subscription databases at other locations. All users whether connected to the publisher server (the Publisher) or to a server at one of the remote sites (a Subscriber) see the same data and work on the same records.

How do you do transactional Replication?

Connect to the publisher in SQL Server Management Studio. In the Object explore, right-click the Replication folder, and then select Launch Replication Monitor to verify the status of the newly created transactional replication setup.

How does transactional replication work in SQL Server?

By default, transactional replication propagates changes according to transaction boundaries. If transactions are smaller, the Distribution agent is less likely to resend a transaction due to network issues.

How to troubleshoot replication errors in SQL Server?

Troubleshooting replication errors can be frustrating without a basic understanding of how transactional replication works. The first step in creating a publication is having the Snapshot Agent create the snapshot and save it to the snapshot folder. Next, the Distribution Agent applies the snapshot to the subscriber.

What is the error code for transactional replication?

Status: 0, code: 22037, text: ‘The process could not execute ‘sp_replcmds’ on ‘NODE1\\SQL2016′.’. The error typically occurs when the owner of the publisher database is not set correctly.

Is the snapshot agent used in transactional replication?

The procedures by which the Snapshot Agent implements the initial snapshot in transactional replication are the same procedures used in snapshot replication (except as outlined above with regard to concurrent snapshot processing).