sp_helpmergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

Returns information about a subscription to a merge publication, both push and pull. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database or at a republishing Subscriber on the subscription database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_helpmergesubscription [ [ @publication=] 'publication']
    [ , [ @subscriber=] 'subscriber']
    [ , [ @subscriber_db=] 'subscriber_db']
    [ , [ @publisher=] 'publisher']
    [ , [ @publisher_db=] 'publisher_db']
    [ , [ @subscription_type=] 'subscription_type']
    [ , [ @found=] 'found' OUTPUT]

Arguments

• [ @publication=] 'publication'
  Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with a default of %. The publication must already exist and conform to the rules for identifiers. If NULL or %, information about all merge publications and subscriptions in the current database is returned.

• [ @subscriber=] 'subscriber'
  Is the name of the Subscriber. subscriber is sysname, with a default of %. If NULL or %, information about all subscriptions to the given publication is returned.

• [ @subscriber_db=] 'subscriber_db'
  Is the name of the subscription database. subscriber_dbis sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all subscription databases.

• [ @publisher=] 'publisher'
  Is the name of the Publisher. The Publisher must be a valid server. publisheris sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all Publishers.

• [ @publisher_db=] 'publisher_db'
  Is the name of the Publisher database. publisher_dbis sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all Publisher databases.

• [ @subscription_type=] 'subscription_type'
  Is the type of subscription. subscription_typeis nvarchar(15), and can be one of these values.

  Value	Description
  push (default)	Push subscription
  pull	Pull subscription
  both	Both a push and pull subscription

• [ @found=] 'found'OUTPUT
  Is a flag to indicate returning rows. foundis int and an OUTPUT parameter, with a default of NULL. 1 indicates the publication is found. 0 indicates the publication is not found.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
subscription_name	sysname	Name of the subscription.
publication	sysname	Name of the publication.
publisher	sysname	Name of the Publisher.
publisher_db	sysname	Name of the Publisher database.
subscriber	sysname	Name of the Subscriber.
subscriber_db	sysname	Name of the subscription database.
status	int	Status of the subscription: 0 = All jobs are waiting to start 1 = One or more jobs are starting 2 = All jobs have executed successfully 3 = At least one job is executing 4 = All jobs are scheduled and idle 5 = At least one job is attempting to execute after a previous failure 6 = At least one job has failed to execute successfully
subscriber_type	int	Type of Subscriber.
subscription_type	int	Type of subscription: 0 = Push 1 = Pull 2 = Both
priority	float(8)	Number indicating the priority for the subscription.
sync_type	tinyint	Subscription sync type.
description	nvarchar(255)	Brief description of this merge subscription.
merge_jobid	binary(16)	Job ID of the Merge Agent.
full_publication	tinyint	Whether the subscription is to a full or filtered publication.
offload_enabled	bit	Specifies if offload execution of a replication agent has been set to run at the Subscriber. If NULL, execution is run at the Publisher.
offload_server	sysname	Name of the server to where the agent is running.
use_interactive_resolver	int	Returns whether or not the interactive resolver is used during reconciliation. If 0, the interactive resolver not is used.
hostname	sysname	Value supplied when a subscription is filtered by the value of the HOST_NAME function.
subscriber_security_mode	smallint	Is the security mode at the Subscriber, where 1 means Windows Authentication, and 0 means Microsoft SQL Server Authentication.
subscriber_login	sysname	Is the login name at the Subscriber.
subscriber_password	sysname	Actual Subscriber password is never returned. The result is masked by a "******" string.

Remarks

sp_helpmergesubscription is used in merge replication to return subscription information stored at the Publisher or republishing Subscriber.

For anonymous subscriptions, the subscription_typevalue is always 1 (pull). However, you must execute sp_helpmergepullsubscription at the Subscriber for information on anonymous subscriptions.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role, the db_owner fixed database role or the publication access list for the publication to which the subscription belongs can execute sp_helpmergesubscription.

See Also

Reference

sp_addmergesubscription (Transact-SQL)
sp_changemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)
sp_dropmergesubscription (Transact-SQL)
System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

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