ReplicationServer.RegisteredSubscribers Property
Gets the Subscribers registered with the Publisher.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property RegisteredSubscribers As RegisteredSubscriberCollection
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As ReplicationServer
Dim value As RegisteredSubscriberCollection
value = instance.RegisteredSubscribers
public RegisteredSubscriberCollection RegisteredSubscribers { get; }
public:
property RegisteredSubscriberCollection^ RegisteredSubscribers {
RegisteredSubscriberCollection^ get ();
}
member RegisteredSubscribers : RegisteredSubscriberCollection
function get RegisteredSubscribers () : RegisteredSubscriberCollection
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.RegisteredSubscriberCollection
A RegisteredSubscriberCollection object that represents all the registered Subscribers when the currently connected instance of SQL Server is a Publisher.
Remarks
A RegisteredSubscriber object in the returned RegisteredSubscriberCollection can be accessed using either an integer or a string indexer.
The RegisteredSubscribers property can be retrieved by the public fixed database role.
Examples
// Set the Distributor and publication database names.
// Publisher and Distributor are on the same server instance.
string publisherName = publisherInstance;
string distributorName = publisherInstance;
string distributionDbName = "distribution";
string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorks2012";
// Create connections to the Publisher and Distributor
// using Windows Authentication.
ServerConnection publisherConn = new ServerConnection(publisherName);
ServerConnection distributorConn = new ServerConnection(distributorName);
// Create the objects we need.
ReplicationServer distributor =
new ReplicationServer(distributorConn);
DistributionPublisher publisher;
DistributionDatabase distributionDb =
new DistributionDatabase(distributionDbName, distributorConn);
ReplicationDatabase publicationDb;
publicationDb = new ReplicationDatabase(publicationDbName, publisherConn);
try
{
// Connect to the Publisher and Distributor.
publisherConn.Connect();
distributorConn.Connect();
// Disable all publishing on the AdventureWorks2012 database.
if (publicationDb.LoadProperties())
{
if (publicationDb.EnabledMergePublishing)
{
publicationDb.EnabledMergePublishing = false;
}
else if (publicationDb.EnabledTransPublishing)
{
publicationDb.EnabledTransPublishing = false;
}
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException(
String.Format("The {0} database does not exist.", publicationDbName));
}
// We cannot uninstall the Publisher if there are still Subscribers.
if (distributor.RegisteredSubscribers.Count == 0)
{
// Uninstall the Publisher, if it exists.
publisher = new DistributionPublisher(publisherName, distributorConn);
if (publisher.LoadProperties())
{
publisher.Remove(false);
}
else
{
// Do something here if the Publisher does not exist.
throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
"{0} is not a Publisher for {1}.", publisherName, distributorName));
}
// Drop the distribution database.
if (distributionDb.LoadProperties())
{
distributionDb.Remove();
}
else
{
// Do something here if the distribition DB does not exist.
throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
"The distribution database '{0}' does not exist on {1}.",
distributionDbName, distributorName));
}
// Uninstall the Distributor, if it exists.
if (distributor.LoadProperties())
{
// Passing a value of false means that the Publisher
// and distribution databases must already be uninstalled,
// and that no local databases be enabled for publishing.
distributor.UninstallDistributor(false);
}
else
{
//Do something here if the distributor does not exist.
throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
"The Distributor '{0}' does not exist.", distributorName));
}
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException("You must first delete all subscriptions.");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Implement appropriate error handling here.
throw new ApplicationException("The Publisher and Distributor could not be uninstalled", ex);
}
finally
{
publisherConn.Disconnect();
distributorConn.Disconnect();
}