error when trying to delete record

Windows 2000 Server sp4, SQL Server 2000 sp3
I get the error below when attempting to delete a record from a table called
Monitor directly from Enterprise Manager GUI.
error:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][Invalid Object Name]
'tsvw_KJDKFAJDFKJAKLFDJKLAJDFKJASKFDJKAJDF'
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][Invalid Object
Name]UserA.Monitor
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][Invalid Object Name]
'ctsv_DKFJDKJFKDJFKDKFJDKJFIEJIEJIEJFIEJFKJDKJ'
The KDJFKDJFKJDF above is obviously not exact. The actual error contains a
long string of random characters though.. If i'm not mistaken these are
system generated names for views related to replication.
1) could this be replication related?
2) Important note: UserA is NOT the current owner of the Monitor table!
UserA used to own the table but due to replication issues the owner was
changed to dbo a long time ago. ' Can I safely run the sp_changeobjectowner
procedure specifying dbo again or would I need to drop the merge replication
in order to do that?
3) I verified that the tsvw_ect... and the ctsv_ect... do not exist in the
database?
any suggestions about how to get to the bottom of this would be GREATLY
appreciated. Thanks.It seems you have some "invalid" merge triggers (probably from a previous
publication). Did you republish after changing your table owner name? If
you do have invalid triggers, you should consider dropping and recreating
your publication.
A. Drop the subscription
B. Drop the publication.
C. Delete the triggers that reference the non-existant views
D. Recreate the publication and subscription.
E. Run the snapshot.
reference:
How to manually remove a replication in SQL Server 2000 - ID: 324401
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324401
Fany Vargas
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http://www.microsoft.com/security/guidance/default.mspx|||Thank you! I did not completely drop and recreate the merge replication
setup but what you said is exactly what happened. I had an issue removing
repl before due to the owner of the tables not being dbo. I had to manually
clean out repl.. change table owners to dbo.. and recreate the replication.
It looks like one of the triggers from the older repl setup was still there.
I found the old trigger and deleted it. It was obvious it was old because it
referenced the old user name. There were the 3 correct triggers on the table
as well. One each for insert, update, and delete. So what was happening was
this: there was the old delete trigger on this table and it was listed first
so it executed and failed. The correct trigger never fired then. Now that
old trigger is gone and all works fine.
thanks again.
"Fany Vargas [MSFT]" <fanyv@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It seems you have some "invalid" merge triggers (probably from a previous
> publication). Did you republish after changing your table owner name? If
> you do have invalid triggers, you should consider dropping and recreating
> your publication.
> A. Drop the subscription
> B. Drop the publication.
> C. Delete the triggers that reference the non-existant views
> D. Recreate the publication and subscription.
> E. Run the snapshot.
>
> reference:
> How to manually remove a replication in SQL Server 2000 - ID: 324401
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324401
> Fany Vargas
> Microsoft Corporation
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> Are you secure? For information about the Strategic Technology Protection
> Program and to order your FREE Security Tool Kit, please visit
> http://www.microsoft.com/security.
> Microsoft highly recommends that users with Internet access update their
> Microsoft software to better protect against viruses and security
> vulnerabilities. The easiest way to do this is to visit the following
> websites:
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/guidance/default.mspx
>