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DistributionDatabase.MinDistributionRetention Property

Gets or sets the minimum retention period, in hours, before transactions are deleted from the distribution database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property MinDistributionRetention As Integer
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As DistributionDatabase
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.MinDistributionRetention

instance.MinDistributionRetention = value

public int MinDistributionRetention { get; set; }

public:
property int MinDistributionRetention {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

member MinDistributionRetention : int with get, set

function get MinDistributionRetention () : int
function set MinDistributionRetention (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value.

Remarks

The MinDistributionRetention property can only be retrieved by members of the db_owner or replmonitor fixed database role on the distribution database, by users in the publication access list (PAL) of a publication using the distribution database, or by users with SELECT permission on the MSdistributiondbs system table in the distribution database.

The MinDistributionRetention property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Distributor.

Retrieving the MinDistributionRetention property is equivalent to executing sp_helpdistributiondb.

Setting the MinDistributionRetention property is equivalent to executing sp_adddistributiondb or sp_changedistributiondb.

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

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