Publication.SnapshotMethod Property
Definition
Important
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Gets or sets the data file format of the initial snapshot.
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property Microsoft::SqlServer::Replication::InitialSyncType SnapshotMethod { Microsoft::SqlServer::Replication::InitialSyncType get(); void set(Microsoft::SqlServer::Replication::InitialSyncType value); };public Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.InitialSyncType SnapshotMethod { get; set; }member this.SnapshotMethod : Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.InitialSyncType with get, setPublic Property SnapshotMethod As InitialSyncTypeProperty 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).