MergePublication.ValidatePublication(ValidationOption) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication

Assembly:: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll

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Marks all subscriptions for validation during the next synchronization.

public:
 void ValidatePublication(Microsoft::SqlServer::Replication::ValidationOption validationOption);

public void ValidatePublication (Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ValidationOption validationOption);

member this.ValidatePublication : Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ValidationOption -> unit

Public Sub ValidatePublication (validationOption As ValidationOption)

Parameters

validationOption: ValidationOption

The validation options.

Examples

// Define the server, database, and publication names
string publisherName = publisherInstance;
string publicationName = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge";
string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorks2012";
string subscriberName = subscriberInstance;
string subscriptionDbName = "AdventureWorks2012Replica";

MergePublication publication;

// Create a connection to the Publisher.
ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection(publisherName);

try
{
    // Connect to the Publisher.
    conn.Connect();

    // Set the required properties for the publication.
    publication = new MergePublication();
    publication.ConnectionContext = conn;
    publication.Name = publicationName;
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName;


    // If we can't get the properties for this merge publication, then throw an application exception.
    if (publication.LoadProperties())
    {
        // Initiate validation of the specified subscription.
        publication.ValidateSubscription(subscriberName,
            subscriptionDbName, ValidationOption.RowCountOnly);
        
        // Start the Merge Agent to synchronize and validate the subscription.
    }
    else
    {
        throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
            "Settings could not be retrieved for the publication. " +
            "Ensure that the publication {0} exists on {1}.",
            publicationName, publisherName));
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // Do error handling here.
    throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
        "The subscription at {0} to the {1} publication could not " +
        "be validated.", subscriberName, publicationName), ex);
}
finally
{
    conn.Disconnect();
}

' Define the server, database, and publication names
Dim publisherName As String = publisherInstance
Dim publicationName As String = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge"
Dim publicationDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2012"
Dim subscriberName As String = subscriberInstance
Dim subscriptionDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2012Replica"

Dim publication As MergePublication

' Create a connection to the Publisher.
Dim conn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(publisherName)

Try
    ' Connect to the Publisher.
    conn.Connect()

    ' Set the required properties for the publication.
    publication = New MergePublication()
    publication.ConnectionContext = conn
    publication.Name = publicationName
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName

    ' If we can't get the properties for this merge publication, then throw an application exception.
    If publication.LoadProperties() Then
        ' Initiate validation of the specified subscription.
        publication.ValidateSubscription(subscriberName, _
         subscriptionDbName, ValidationOption.RowCountOnly)

        ' Start the Merge Agent to synchronize and validate the subscription.
    Else
        Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
         "Settings could not be retrieved for the publication. " + _
         "Ensure that the publication {0} exists on {1}.", _
         publicationName, publisherName))
    End If
Catch ex As Exception
    ' Do error handling here.
    Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
     "The subscription at {0} to the {1} publication could not " + _
     "be validated.", subscriberName, publicationName), ex)
Finally
    conn.Disconnect()
End Try

Remarks

The result of the validation operation is written to the agent history, which is viewed using Replication Monitor.

Calling ValidatePublication is equivalent to executing sp_validatemergepublication.

The ValidatePublication method can only be called 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.

Applies to

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