Limitations and considerations
You should be aware of the following limitations and considerations when using a Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server source:
- Sparse tables are not supported.
- Replicating data from indexed views is not supported.
- Limitations due to the requirement to have MS-CDC enabled on all source tables include:
- Rename column is not supported
- Truncate table is not supported
- WRITETEXT and UPDATETEXT utilities are not supported
For more information on MS-CDC limitations, see the Microsoft Help.
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Limitations when capturing DDL operations are as follows:
- RENAME TABLE will no be captured. When a RENAME TABLE DDL is encountered, the task will continue capturing the changes without renaming the target table. If the task is stopped and resumed of if there is a recoverable error, the table will be suspended to allow the CT table to be manually aligned.
- Table-level DDLs are not supported. When a table DDL is encountered, the DDL will be transferred to the target and the table will be suspended to allow the CT table to be manually aligned.
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When running without the db_owner role, the following limitations apply:
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Capture of DDLs is not supported. To prevent replication errors, you must clear the Capture DDL events check box in the endpoint settings' Advanced tab before running the task.
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MS-CDC cannot be enabled automatically and should therefore be enabled manually. To prevent replication errors, you must also clear the Enable MS-CDC on all captured tables check box in the endpoint settings' Advanced tab before running the task.
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- Replication of computed columns is supported in Full Load replication tasks only. During CDC, INSERTs to computed columns will appear as NULL on the target and UPDATEs will be ignored.
- Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance partition switching is not supported.
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The following DML pattern is not supported:
select <*> into <new_table> from <existing_table>
- Column-level encryption is not supported.
- When inserting a value into Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance spatial data types (GEOGRAPHY and GEOMETRY), one can either ignore the SRID (Spatial Reference System Identifier) property - in which case the default SRID will be used (0 for GEOMETRY and 4326 for GEOGRAPHY) - or specify a different number. When replicating tables with spatial data types, Qlik Replicate replaces the SRID that was inserted by user with the default SRID.
- Replicating GEOGRAPHY and GEOMETRY data types is only supported in limited LOB mode.
- Columnstore indexes are not supported.
- Memory-optimized tables (using In-Memory OLTP) are not supported.
- Temporal databases are not supported
- Delayed durability is not supported
- Due to an ODBC limitation, no more than 16 columns can be part of a Primary Key.
- Masked data will be created in the target without masking.
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OpenLDAP is not supported
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Replication from databases configured to use ADR (Accelerated Database Recovery) is not supported.
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Capturing DDL and DML statements within a single transaction is not supported.
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Replicating a table or schema with an apostrophe (') in its name is not supported.
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Changes applied to the database using DACPAC will not be captured.
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MS-CDC Change Tables with fixed size columns (including NCHAR and CHAR data), the sum of which exceeds 8060 bytes, are not supported.
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The AR_H_USER header column is not supported.
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System tables and views are not supported.
Non-supported Google Cloud SQL for SQL Server security features
Tables that use the following security features are not supported:
- Always Encrypted
- Row-Level Security