Data source synchronization issue: Connection string conflict?

I was NOT using data source till now. I was directly using Ole DB Connection. Everything works as expected.

Today, I created a new Data Source based on the existing Ole Db connection.

I changed my tasks to use this Data Source.

Now, everytime I open the dtsx file, a screen pops-up with title "Synchronize Connection Strings". It reads: "This package contains at least one connection which is based on a data source. The connection strings for the connection and the data source listed below are not identical. Connection string of the connection will be updated to reflect those on the data source.

Connection : XYZ

Data Source: XYZ

Old Connection String: machine_name\instance_name; User ID=sa; Initial Catalog = MyDB; Provider=SQLOLEDB.1

New Connection String: Provider=SQLOLEDB.1; Data Source = machine_name\instance_name; Persist Security Info = true; Password=; User ID=; Initial Catalog = MyDB

I press the OK button, but the screen repeats if I close the dtsx file and re-open it. The underlying error is:

Error 1 Validation error. Data Flow Task - MyTaskName: OLE DB Destination - mytable [214]: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "machine_name\instance_name.MyDB.sa" failed with error code 0xC0202009. mypackage.dtsx 0 0
Any idea?looks like a bug... can you open one, please?

thanks|||Sorry, I did not look at this post and therefore your reply till today (when I thought about using Data Sources again).

How do I submit this bug?

data lost

Hi,

I have encountered problem in the merge replication with conflict caused by foreign key constraint. As I did some reseach that it can be avoided by increase the upload and download batch generations.

My question is how can I recover the data which has been lost?

Thanks

You can try the mscontents and the conflict tables to say if you can recover the data there if these table has not been cleaned up yet.

I am more interested in how the data was lost. is there any nonconvergence between publisher and subscriber data ?

are you using Sql2000 or SQL2005 ?

thanks

Yunwen

|||When you get a conflict, the info is stored in conflict tables, which you can see in the Replication Conflict Viewer. Conflicts are kept here until you pick which one wins.|||

Thank you for your response.

The conflict message says:"INSERT statement conflicted with COLUMN FOREIGN KEY constraint" so the record can not be inserted in the child table on the subscriber site.

Then somehow the record is also deleted in the child table on the publisher site.

I may be able to get the rowguid from the msmerge_delete_conflicts table, but no more the detail data like stored in the [conflict_replication name_table name]

It seems the data get lost permanently

|||I am using SQL2000|||

If you are using SQL Server 2000 SP4, then please look at the option of 'compensate_for_errors'. This is a paramtere to sp_addmergearticle/sp_changemergearticle.

More info in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828637