DistributionServer Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The DistributionServer property identifies an instance of Microsoft SQL Server that acts as a Distributor for published data.

Syntax

object.DistributionServer [=value]

Parts

• object
  An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

• value
  The name of an instance of SQL Server in the organization

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetDistributionServer(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);
HRESULT SetDistributionServer(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue);

Note

SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference using SysFreeString.

Remarks

For SQL Server, replication Publishers do not need to also distribute published data. One or more instances of SQL Server can act as Distributors. If the Publisher is not its own Distributor, the DistributionServer identifies that server.

For instances of SQL Server that act as their own Distributors, the DistributionServer property is equal to the Name property of the SQLServer object.

Applies To:

Distributor Object