SQL Server Error Msg 20712 – Unable to acquire the replication merge administrative application lock for database ‘%s’. This could be due an active snapshot running while the schema change (DDL) or the administrative proc change was attempted.

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “20712 – Unable to acquire the replication merge administrative application lock for database ‘%s’. This could be due an active snapshot running while the schema change (DDL) or the administrative proc change was attempted.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.

SQL Server Error Message

20712 – Unable to acquire the replication merge administrative application lock for database ‘%s’. This could be due an active snapshot running while the schema change (DDL) or the administrative proc change was attempted.

Reason for the Error

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Solution

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