• Article

Article.PreCreationMethod Property

Gets or sets the action to take when the published object already exists in the subscription database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property PreCreationMethod As PreCreationOption
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Article
Dim value As PreCreationOption

value = instance.PreCreationMethod

instance.PreCreationMethod = value

public PreCreationOption PreCreationMethod { get; set; }

public:
property PreCreationOption PreCreationMethod {
    PreCreationOption get ();
    void set (PreCreationOption value);
}

member PreCreationMethod : PreCreationOption with get, set

function get PreCreationMethod () : PreCreationOption
function set PreCreationMethod (value : PreCreationOption)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.PreCreationOption
A PreCreationOption enumeration value that specifies the action.

Remarks

PreCreationMethod defaults to Drop.

If PreCreationMethod is set after the initial snapshot has been generated, a new snapshot must be generated.

The PreCreationMethod property can be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher and at the Subscriber (for republishing Subscribers). It can also be retrieved by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database and by users who are members of the PAL. For a MergeArticle object, this property can also be retrieved by members of the replmonitor fixed database role on the Distributor.

The PreCreationMethod 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 PreCreationMethod is equivalent to executing sp_helparticle (Transact-SQL) for transactional or snapshot replication or executing sp_helpmergearticle (Transact-SQL) for merge replication.

Setting PreCreationMethod is equivalent to executing sp_addarticle (Transact-SQL) or sp_changearticle (Transact-SQL) for transactional or snapshot replication or executing sp_addmergearticle (Transact-SQL) or sp_changemergearticle (Transact-SQL) for merge replication.

The PreCreationMethod property is available with SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 7.0.

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