MergePublication Object

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The MergePublication object represents a merge publication. A publication contains one or more articles (tables) that contain the replicated data.

Properties

CentralizedConflicts Property	Priority Property
DynamicFilters Property	PublicationAttributes Property
Enabled Property	RetentionPeriod Property
HasSubscription Property	SnapshotAvailable Property
ID Property	SnapshotJobID Property
Name Property	SnapshotMethod Property

Methods

BeginAlter Method	GenerateFilters Method
CancelAlter Method	GrantPublicationAccess Method
DoAlter Method	RefreshChildren Method
EnumAllSubsetFilters Method	ReInitializeAllSubscriptions Method
EnumGeneratedSubsetFilters Method	Remove Method (Objects)
EnumPublicationAccesses Method	RevokePublicationAccess Method
EnumPublicationReferences Method	Script Method (Replication Objects)
EnumSubscriptions Method

Remarks

With the MergePublication object, you can:

• Create a new merge publication.
• Change the properties of an existing merge publication.

To create a merge publication

1. Create a new MergePublication object.

2. Set the Name property.

3. Set the PublicationAttributes property as appropriate.

   • To enable push subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPush.
   • To enable pull subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPull.
   • To enable anonymous subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPull and SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowAnonymous.
   • To enable Internet subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_InternetEnabled.

4. Add the MergePublication object to the MergePublications collection of a connected ReplicationDatabase object.

To alter a merge publication

1. Get a MergePublication object from the MergePublications collection of a connected ReplicationDatabase object.

2. Use the BeginAlter method to mark the beginning of the changes.

3. Set the MergePublication properties to reflect the changes to the merge publication.

4. Use the DoAlter method to submit the changes to Microsoft SQL Server.

Note

The MergePublication object is compatible with instances of SQL Server versions 7.0 and later. However, the MergePublication2 object extends the functionality of the MergePublication object for use with features that were introduced in SQL Server 2000.

See Also

Reference

MergePublication2 Object

Help and Information

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