MergePublication.RetentionPeriodUnit Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets or sets the unit in which the RetentionPeriodUnit property is expressed.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property RetentionPeriodUnit As RetentionPeriodUnits

public RetentionPeriodUnits RetentionPeriodUnit { get; set; }

public:
property RetentionPeriodUnits RetentionPeriodUnit {
    RetentionPeriodUnits get ();
    void set (RetentionPeriodUnits value);
}

/** @property */
public RetentionPeriodUnits get_RetentionPeriodUnit ()

/** @property */
public void set_RetentionPeriodUnit (RetentionPeriodUnits value)

public function get RetentionPeriodUnit () : RetentionPeriodUnits

public function set RetentionPeriodUnit (value : RetentionPeriodUnits)

Property Value

A RetentionPeriodUnits value.

Remarks

The RetentionPeriodUnit property can be retrieved by members of the db_owner or replmonitor fixed database roles on the publication database or by members of the publication access list (PAL) for the publication.

The RetentionPeriodUnit property can be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher. It can also be set by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Retrieving RetentionPeriodUnit is equivalent to executing sp_helpmergepublication.

Setting RetentionPeriodUnit is equivalent to executing sp_addmergepublication or sp_changemergepublication.

The RetentionPeriodUnit property is available with Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms