sp_validatemergepublication (Transact-SQL)

Performs a publication-wide validation for which all subscriptions (push, pull, and anonymous) will be validated once. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_validatemergepublication [@publication=] 'publication'
        , [ @level = ] level

Arguments

• [@publication=] 'publication'
  Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with no default.

• [ @level= ] level
  Is the type of validation to perform. level is tinyint, with no default. Level can be one of these values.

  Level value	Description
  1	Rowcount-only validation.
  2	Rowcount and checksum validation. This value is only valid for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Subscribers. For Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Subscribers, this is automatically set to 3.
  3	Rowcount and binary checksum validation.

  Note

  The value of 3 is the recommended value of level for use with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005; however, it cannot be used with earlier versions of SQL Server.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_validatemergepublication is used in merge replication.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_validatemergepublication.

See Also

Reference

System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)
sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

Other Resources

Validating Replicated Data

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance