Enterprise Manager Hanging when removing replication

I'm trying to remove replication from my database so that I can run some update scripts on it but SQL Enterprise Manager just keeps hanging on me. I've searched the web an no-one seems to have had this problem.

Does anyone know of this problem or have they experienced it? If so, can you help?

Am I doing something wrong trying to remove the replication (deleting the publication)?

Thanks.

More than likely it is working, it can take some time to delete a publication if there is a lot of history to remove.

If you delete the publication using a store procedure, it won't lock up SQL Enterprise Manager while you do it. If it's a merge publication you do that with this command:

exec sp_dropmergepublication @.publication = <publication name>

|||Drop the subscriptions before you drop the publications. As roamingsim has pointed out it is better to do this through QA as opposed to Enterprise Manager.

Enterprise Manager error when using WITH (NOLOCKS)

I have added WITH (NOLOCK) to a couple of views that were causing unecessary
blocking for MS Access end user reporting.
I can update edit and save the views fine with Query Analyzer, however when
I try and run the query from Enterprise Manager Design View I get this
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect Syntax
The views work fine in everywhere else. When in EM if I remove the WITH
(NOLOCK) I do not get the error.
It looks as if the alias is causing the issue.
select * from MyTable WITH (NOLOCK) works
however Select * from MyTable mt WITH (NOLOCK) causes the error. But only in
EM not in query analyzer.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
"lurdan" wrote:

> I have added WITH (NOLOCK) to a couple of views that were causing unecessary
> blocking for MS Access end user reporting.
> I can update edit and save the views fine with Query Analyzer, however when
> I try and run the query from Enterprise Manager Design View I get this
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect Syntax
> The views work fine in everywhere else. When in EM if I remove the WITH
> (NOLOCK) I do not get the error.
>
|||I got the same result. When I tried to run the query in EM, the query tool
inverted the alias to after the table hint, which is bad syntax.
Russel Loski, MCSD.Net
"lurdan" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> It looks as if the alias is causing the issue.
> select * from MyTable WITH (NOLOCK) works
> however Select * from MyTable mt WITH (NOLOCK) causes the error. But only in
> EM not in query analyzer.
> Is anyone else experiencing this?
> "lurdan" wrote:

Enterprise Manager error when using WITH (NOLOCKS)

I have added WITH (NOLOCK) to a couple of views that were causing unecessary
blocking for MS Access end user reporting.
I can update edit and save the views fine with Query Analyzer, however when
I try and run the query from Enterprise Manager Design View I get this
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect
Syntax
The views work fine in everywhere else. When in EM if I remove the WITH
(NOLOCK) I do not get the error.It looks as if the alias is causing the issue.
select * from MyTable WITH (NOLOCK) works
however Select * from MyTable mt WITH (NOLOCK) causes the error. But only in
EM not in query analyzer.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
"lurdan" wrote:

> I have added WITH (NOLOCK) to a couple of views that were causing unecessa
ry
> blocking for MS Access end user reporting.
> I can update edit and save the views fine with Query Analyzer, however whe
n
> I try and run the query from Enterprise Manager Design View I get this
> [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorre
ct Syntax
> The views work fine in everywhere else. When in EM if I remove the WITH
> (NOLOCK) I do not get the error.
>|||I got the same result. When I tried to run the query in EM, the query tool
inverted the alias to after the table hint, which is bad syntax.
--
Russel Loski, MCSD.Net
"lurdan" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> It looks as if the alias is causing the issue.
> select * from MyTable WITH (NOLOCK) works
> however Select * from MyTable mt WITH (NOLOCK) causes the error. But only
in
> EM not in query analyzer.
> Is anyone else experiencing this?
> "lurdan" wrote:
>

Entering Empty Node Using An Updategram

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
like:
<before>
<node>Some text</node>
</before>
<after>
<node/>
</after>
which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
something to that effect?
Thanks,
GaryGary,
I'm assuming you are using the XML datatype and want to perform this DML via
the .modify() method.
In that case, you can use the replace value of DML statement. The new value
you want is "empty" or (). Here is an example:
declare @.x xml
set @.x = '<foo>bar</foo>'
set @.x.modify('replace value of /foo[1]/text()[1] with ()')
select @.x
You will most likely need to modify this DML if you are using a typed xml
column.
Regards,
Galex Yen
"Gary" wrote:

> Hi there,
> I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
> to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
> empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
> that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
> problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
> like:
> <before>
> <node>Some text</node>
> </before>
> <after>
> <node/>
> </after>
> which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
> after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
> something to that effect?
> Thanks,
> Gary
>|||you need to use xsi:nil. Here is the documentation and an example:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171764.aspx
<ROOT xmlns:sql="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-sql"
xmlns:updg="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-updategram"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<updg:sync mapping-schema='StudentSchema.xml'>
<updg:before/>
<updg:after>
<Student SID="S00004" lname="Elmaci" minitial="" years="2">
<fname xsi:nil="true">
</fname>
</Student>
</updg:after>
</updg:sync>
</ROOT>
"Gary" wrote:

> Hi there,
> I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
> to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
> empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
> that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
> problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
> like:
> <before>
> <node>Some text</node>
> </before>
> <after>
> <node/>
> </after>
> which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
> after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
> something to that effect?
> Thanks,
> Gary
>

Entering Empty Node Using An Updategram

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
like:
<before>
<node>Some text</node>
</before>
<after>
<node/>
</after>
which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
something to that effect?
Thanks,
Gary
Gary,
I'm assuming you are using the XML datatype and want to perform this DML via
the .modify() method.
In that case, you can use the replace value of DML statement. The new value
you want is "empty" or (). Here is an example:
declare @.x xml
set @.x = '<foo>bar</foo>'
set @.x.modify('replace value of /foo[1]/text()[1] with ()')
select @.x
You will most likely need to modify this DML if you are using a typed xml
column.
Regards,
Galex Yen
"Gary" wrote:

> Hi there,
> I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
> to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
> empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
> that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
> problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
> like:
> <before>
> <node>Some text</node>
> </before>
> <after>
> <node/>
> </after>
> which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
> after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
> something to that effect?
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
|||you need to use xsi:nil. Here is the documentation and an example:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171764.aspx
<ROOT xmlns:sql="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-sql"
xmlns:updg="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-updategram"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<updg:sync mapping-schema='StudentSchema.xml'>
<updg:before/>
<updg:after>
<Student SID="S00004" lname="Elmaci" minitial="" years="2">
<fname xsi:nil="true">
</fname>
</Student>
</updg:after>
</updg:sync>
</ROOT>
"Gary" wrote:

> Hi there,
> I was wondering if anyone has found how to add an empty (not NULL) node
> to an update. I found if you create a node you can get it to enter an
> empty space by setting the default value to ('') on the database so
> that when you query the data you have an empty node returned. The
> problem I'm having is when I want to "blank" a node so I have something
> like:
> <before>
> <node>Some text</node>
> </before>
> <after>
> <node/>
> </after>
> which will result in a NULL value. Is there something I can put in the
> after node that will result in it producing the same as ('') or
> something to that effect?
> Thanks,
> Gary
>