Publication.AltSnapshotFolder Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets or sets the alternate snapshot file location for a publication.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property AltSnapshotFolder As String

public string AltSnapshotFolder { get; set; }

public:
property String^ AltSnapshotFolder {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_AltSnapshotFolder ()

/** @property */
public void set_AltSnapshotFolder (String value)

public function get AltSnapshotFolder () : String

public function set AltSnapshotFolder (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the alternative location used for snapshot file creation.

Remarks

The Snapshot Agent must have write permissions for the directory you specify, and the Distribution Agent or Merge Agent must have read permissions. If pull subscriptions are used, you must specify a shared directory as a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path, such as \\computername\snapshot. For more information, see Securing the Snapshot Folder.

The AltSnapshotFolder 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 AltSnapshotFolder 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 AltSnapshotFolder property of an existing publication.

Retrieving the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_helppublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepublication (Transact-SQL).

Setting the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_addpublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changepublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_addmergepublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changemergepublication (Transact-SQL).

The AltSnapshotFolder property is available with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

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