Can't create Merge Publication

I have been trying for some time to create a Merge publication in SQL Server. I'm running SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition with the latest service pack on a Win2k3 Server. It doesn't seem to matter what replication-enabled database or which table I select
, I always get the same error at the end of the create publication wizard in Enterprise Mgr: "Error 2758 RAISERROR could not locate entry for error 21423 in sysmessages. Object 'pubs' (note: or whatever db I select) does not exist or is not a valid object
for this operation."
Any ideas here?
Corey - possibly this is an incomplete service pack install as some messages
in sysmessages are missing. You could have a look at sqlsp.log file from the
c:\windows directory which might shed some light on any failed actions
during the sp installation. Even if there isn't anything enlightening there
I'd reapply the sp3a.
HTH,
Paul Ibison
|||Thanks, Paul, but so far no luck. I dug through the log and didn't find anything all that revealing. I also re-applied SP3a, but that didn't help either. Still searching...
"Paul Ibison" wrote:

> Corey - possibly this is an incomplete service pack install as some messages
> in sysmessages are missing. You could have a look at sqlsp.log file from the
> c:\windows directory which might shed some light on any failed actions
> during the sp installation. Even if there isn't anything enlightening there
> I'd reapply the sp3a.
> HTH,
> Paul Ibison
>
>
|||Corey,
in htis case you could rebuild the master database or alternatively just add
the missing messages. To do the latter you'll need to create a linked server
to another server that has a complete master database and join to that table
(left outer join) to find the missing messages in sysmessages.
HTH,
Paul Ibison