Microsoft SQL Server: 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.

Microsoft SQL Server database ranks third in the relational database, second only to Oracle and MySQL database. when using it, it is inevitable to encounter various problems and warnnings. You may be dba or a developer, I hope this content can help you solve SQL Server error number 20712.

Error number: 20712

Severity level: 16

Event logged: 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.