Publication.SnapshotMethod Property

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12/03/2008

Gets or sets the data file format of the initial snapshot.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property SnapshotMethod As InitialSyncType

public InitialSyncType SnapshotMethod { get; set; }

public:
property InitialSyncType SnapshotMethod {
    InitialSyncType get ();
    void set (InitialSyncType value);
}

/** @property */
public InitialSyncType get_SnapshotMethod ()

/** @property */
public void set_SnapshotMethod (InitialSyncType value)

public function get SnapshotMethod () : InitialSyncType

public function set SnapshotMethod (value : InitialSyncType)

Property Value

An InitialSyncType value.

Remarks

The SnapshotMethod property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher, by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database, or by users in the publication access list (PAL).

The SnapshotMethod property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database. Users in the PAL can set the SnapshotMethod property of an existing publication.

Retrieving the SnapshotMethod property is equivalent to executing sp_helppublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepublication (Transact-SQL).

Setting the SnapshotMethod property is equivalent to executing sp_addpublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changepublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_addmergepublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changemergepublication (Transact-SQL).

The SnapshotMethod property is available with SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 2005.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

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