SQL SERVER 2019 Replication ErrorCode:55012
1 min readFeb 5, 2021
Hi everyone, today I tried SQL replication on SQL server 2019. My purpose is to mirror data to another database. I followed a guide for doing that.
I shared the guide link which I followed
I get just one issue, solving this problem took almost 5 hours. I hope you will find this comment and you can solve the same problem easily
2021-02-05 11:42:54.95 Retrieving publication and article information from the publisher database 'DESKTOP-DSGBELA\SERVER1.ccs'
2021-02-05 11:42:54.96 [0%] Activated articles for publication 'last_try' at the publisher.
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98 [0%] The replication agent had encountered an exception.
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98 Source: Replication
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98 Exception Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ReplicationAgentException
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98 Exception Message: An unspecified error had occurred in the native SQL Server connection component.
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98 Message Code: 55012
2021-02-05 11:42:54.98
As you see there is an unspecified error :) with 55012 code.
Firstly you have to update your oledb(attention please x64 or x86)
Secondly, you have to add an address to define your oledb “msodbcsqlr17.dll” and “msodbcsqlr17.rll” on your path which in your environment variables
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\1033
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\