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Synchronisation Wizard in version 6 keeps crashing.
Sylvain Lafontaine
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I'm trying to use the new version 6.0.0.2 but each time I click on the Synchronisation Wizard, it instantaneously crash with a report sent to Microsoft. No problem at all if I use version 5.3. I've tried with both creating a new project or re-using a project from 5.3. Only a few tens of differences are involved in the synchronisation. Machine: WinXP Pro with SP2, Pentium 4, 767 MB or RAM (Dell 8250); all the latest updates from MS applied.
Any idea on what I could check? Thanks!
Any idea on what I could check? Thanks!
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We will be bringing a point release out soon that will fix the issue.
Project Manager
Red Gate Software Ltd
Does your solution relates to the version of the source, the target or to either one of them?
Do you have Red Gate SQL Backup installed on the machine, and if so, which version?
Many thanks,
Robert
Red Gate
If I remember correctly, I've used SQL Backup Pro (the older version) to make some tests but not with this particular database; it was with another database running on the same instance.
I'd also used SQL Log Rescue but again not on this database, it was on another one but still both on the same (target) SQL-Server 2000.
I can try removing SQL Backup 5 (and/or SQL Log Rescue) if you think this might help correcting the problem.
If you're not using SQL Backup, you might want to give it a go for the moment - hopefully the issue should be addressed properly in the patch release of Data Compare (expected early next year, I think), but this should get you running for the moment.
SQL Log Rescue shouldn't have any effect, so there's no need to remove that.
Thanks,
Robert
Red Gate
Bother - I thought that would've cured it. Do you have access to any other database servers that you could run against as the target? (Obviously not actually performing the synchronization!)
Do you get any details regarding the crash, or is it just an instant bail out with no further information?
Sorry this hasn't worked for you so far - and thanks for your help in providing the information!
Robert
Red Gate
An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.SqlType.SqlNullValueException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll
Additional information: Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values.
To my knowledge, there is no further usefull information from the Debugger. If I take a look at the error report (the one to be sent to Microsoft); I have the following content:
from the Error Report Contents; first window:
Error Signature:
EventType: clr20r3
P1: redgate.sqldatacompare.ui.exe
P2: 6.0.0.1124
P3: 4703485d
P4: system.windows.forms
P5: 2.0.0.0
P6: 461ef203
P7: 150c
P8: 12f
P9: desIn42ebwmodxjic4snf0cyehcagzn
If I click to view the contents of the error report:
Exception Information
Code: 0x0434f4d Flags: 0x000000007c812a5b
Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x000000007c812a5b
Module 1
RedGate.SQLDataC
Image Base: 0x11000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
.....
Thanks for the information - that's exactly what I was looking for. The reason it'll appear to keep working in the background is that the crash is actually happening in a background initialisation thread, rather than the UI thread.
Sorry once again for the inconvenience - we'll let you know as soon as we've got a patch available.
Thanks,
Robert
Red Gate
Just to let you know, 6.1 is now out. You can get this by going to Check for Updates on the Help menu.
Robert
Red Gate