Revision History Disappears from the Posting Revision Report

Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) permits you to revise old content for any page. When you modify a page, an archived version of the page is created. You can preview the old version later by checking the page's revision history. When MCMS Background Processing runs, it deletes all revisions of all pages except the last one.

Note The MCMS background process is fired through a Microsoft SQL Server job in the SQL Server agent. It is created when the MCMS database is installed. For more information, see the MCMS documentation.

To work around this problem temporarily, turn off the SQL Server background process job. Microsoft does not recommend this as a long term solution. Only do this as an interim workaround.

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Content Management Server 2002. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this Is a problem In the Microsoft products that are listed In the "Applies To" section. This problem was corrected in Content Management Server 2002 Service Pack 1.

To install this fix, follow these steps:

1. Open SQL Query Analyzer and connect to the database that your MCMS server is using.
2. Download the fix and open it from the Query Analyzer interface.
3. Make sure you are connected to the MCMS database, and then press F5 to run the script.
4. Press CTRL+T to view the SQL Query Analyzer results as text. You receive two messages. The first message indicates that a procedure was dropped, and the following message indicates that the same procedure was created.