Subscription Class

Represents information at the Publisher for a subscription to either a merge or a transactional publication. Subscription is a base class from which the TransSubscription class and the MergeSubscription class are derived.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ReplicationObject
    Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.Subscription
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.MergeSubscription
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.TransSubscription

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, PublicKey := "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8",  _
    Name := "Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo")> _
Public MustInherit Class Subscription _
    Inherits ReplicationObject
'Usage
Dim instance As Subscription
[StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, PublicKey = "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8", 
    Name = "Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo")]
public abstract class Subscription : ReplicationObject
[StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, PublicKey = L"0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8", 
    Name = L"Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo")]
public ref class Subscription abstract : public ReplicationObject
[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<StrongNameIdentityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, PublicKey = "0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100272736ad6e5f9586bac2d531eabc3acc666c2f8ec879fa94f8f7b0327d2ff2ed523448f83c3d5c5dd2dfc7bc99c5286b2c125117bf5cbe242b9d41750732b2bdffe649c6efb8e5526d526fdd130095ecdb7bf210809c6cdad8824faa9ac0310ac3cba2aa0523567b2dfa7fe250b30facbd62d4ec99b94ac47c7d3b28f1f6e4c8", 
    Name = "Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo")>]
type Subscription =  
    class 
        inherit ReplicationObject 
    end
public abstract class Subscription extends ReplicationObject

The Subscription type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected method Subscription Creates a new instance of the Subscription class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AgentJobId Gets the ID of the agent job used to synchronize the subscription.
Public property AgentOffload Gets or sets whether the synchronization agent runs on a computer other than the one where the agent job was created. This property is no longer supported for Distributors running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and later.
Public property AgentOffloadServer Gets or sets the name of the remote computer where the agent runs when using remote agent activation.
Public property AgentSchedule Gets the schedule for the agent job used to synchronize the subscription.
Public property CachePropertyChanges Gets or sets whether to cache changes made to the replication properties or to apply them immediately. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public property ConnectionContext Gets or sets the connection to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public property CreateSyncAgentByDefault Gets or sets whether the agent job used to synchronize the subscription is created by default.
Public property DatabaseName Gets or sets the name of the publication database.
Public property EnabledForSynchronizationManager Specifies whether the subscription can be synchronized using Microsoft Windows Synchronization Manager.
Public property IsExistingObject Gets whether the object exists on the server or not. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public property Name Gets the name assigned to an existing subscription.
Public property PublicationName Gets or sets the name of the publication to which the subscription subscribes.
Public property SqlServerName Gets the name of the Microsoft SQL Server instance to which this object is connected. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public property Status Gets the status of the subscription.
Public property SubscriberName Gets or sets the name of the instance of Microsoft SQL Server that is the Subscriber.
Public property SubscriberSecurity Gets the security context used to connect to the Subscriber.
Public property SubscriptionDBName Gets or sets the name of the database on the Subscriber that receives the replicated data.
Public property SubscriptionType Gets whether the subscription registration is for a push or pull subscription.
Public property SynchronizationAgentName Gets or sets the name of the agent job created to synchronize the subscription.
Public property SynchronizationAgentProcessSecurity Gets the security context that is used to specify the Microsoft Windows account under which the synchronization agent job runs to synchronize the subscription.
Public property SyncType Gets or sets the manner in which the subscription is initialized.
Public property UserData Gets or sets an object property that allows users to attach their own data to the object. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method CheckValidCreation Infrastructure. Checks the valid replication creation. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Protected method CheckValidDefinition Infrastructure. Indicates whether the subscription definition is valid. (Overrides ReplicationObject.CheckValidDefinition(Boolean).)
Public method CommitPropertyChanges Sends all the cached property change statements to the instance of Microsoft SQL Server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method Create Creates the subscription registration at the Publisher.
Public method Decouple Decouples the referenced replication object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method GetChangeCommand Infrastructure. Returns the change command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Protected method GetCreateCommand Infrastructure. Returns the create command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Protected method GetDropCommand Infrastructure. Returns the drop command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method InternalRefresh Infrastructure. Initiates an internal refresh from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method Load Loads the properties of an existing object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method LoadProperties Loads the properties of an existing object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Refresh Reloads the properties of the object. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.)
Public method Remove Deletes the subscription registration at the Publisher and removes replication objects at the Subscriber for a push subscription.
Public method Script Returns a Transact-SQL script that can be used to create or delete the subscription.
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The TransSubscription class and the MergeSubscription class are used to create push subscriptions.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace

Other Resources

sp_helpmergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

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