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The article could not be added to the publication

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ArticleCouldNotBeAddedToPublicationRule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The article could not be added to the publication.

Causes

sp_addmergearticle failed to add the article to the merge publication.

Resolutions

Check the event log and SQL Server error log for other errors that occur at the same time as this error. Fix any other errors first, as this one is often a side effect of other problems.

Run SQL Profiler against the relevant SQL Server instance to capture "Errors and Warnings" events. Sometimes this will capture errors that are otherwise not seen.

Overrideable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

Yes

Priority

Defines Alert Priority.

2

Severity

Defines Alert Severity.

2

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityHigh
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
The article could not be added to the publication
{0}

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.EventProvider Default
GenerateAlert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ArticleCouldNotBeAddedToPublicationRule" Target="SQL2008Core!Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine" Enabled="true" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <PublisherName>$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/ServiceName$</PublisherName>

      <EventNumber>20009</EventNumber>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="SystemHealth!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>2</Priority>

      <Severity>2</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ArticleCouldNotBeAddedToPublicationRule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>Event ID: $Data/EventDisplayNumber$. $Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/LoggingComputer$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/PublisherName$</SuppressionValue>

        <SuppressionValue>$Data/EventDisplayNumber$</SuppressionValue>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>