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MergePublication.CompatibilityLevel Property

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Gets or sets the earliest version of Microsoft SQL Server that can subscribe to the merge publication.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Property CompatibilityLevel As PublicationCompatibilityLevel 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As MergePublication 
Dim value As PublicationCompatibilityLevel 

value = instance.CompatibilityLevel

instance.CompatibilityLevel = value

public override PublicationCompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel { get; set; }

public:
virtual property PublicationCompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel {
    PublicationCompatibilityLevel get () override;
    void set (PublicationCompatibilityLevel value) override;
}

abstract CompatibilityLevel : PublicationCompatibilityLevel with get, set 
override CompatibilityLevel : PublicationCompatibilityLevel with get, set

override function get CompatibilityLevel () : PublicationCompatibilityLevel 
override function set CompatibilityLevel (value : PublicationCompatibilityLevel)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.PublicationCompatibilityLevel
The product version values.

Remarks

Specifying a value other than Version90 may disable features of merge replication that are new in Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

The CompatibilityLevel property can be retrieved by members of the db_owner or replmonitor fixed database roles on the publication database or by members of the publication access list (PAL) for the publication.

The CompatibilityLevel property can be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher. It can also be set by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Retrieving CompatibilityLevel is equivalent to executing sp_helpmergepublication.

Setting CompatibilityLevel is equivalent to executing sp_addmergepublication or sp_changemergepublication.

See Also

Reference

MergePublication Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace

Other Resources

Using Multiple Versions of SQL Server in a Replication Topology