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PullSubscription.AltSnapshotFolder Property

Gets or sets the location where the publication snapshot files are obtained when the default snapshot location at the Distributor is not used.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property AltSnapshotFolder As String 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As PullSubscription 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.AltSnapshotFolder

instance.AltSnapshotFolder = value
public string AltSnapshotFolder { get; set; }
public:
property String^ AltSnapshotFolder {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
member AltSnapshotFolder : string with get, set
function get AltSnapshotFolder () : String 
function set AltSnapshotFolder (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that represents the full path to the alternate snapshot location.

Remarks

This option can be useful when a large amount of data must be transferred over an expensive connection.

The AltSnapshotFolder property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

The AltSnapshotFolder property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

Retrieving the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_helppullsubscription (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL).

Setting the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_addpullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_addmergepullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_change_subscription_properties (Transact-SQL), or sp_changemergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL).

See Also

Reference

PullSubscription Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace