Transact-SQL Reference

sp_helpmergesubscription

Returns information about a push subscription. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

Syntax

sp_helpmergesubscription [ [ @publication =] 'publication']
    [ , [ @subscriber =] 'subscriber']
    [ , [ @subscriber_db =] 'subscriber_db']
    [ , [ @publisher =] 'publisher']
    [ , [ @publisher_db =] 'publisher_db']
    [ , [ @subscription_type =] 'subscription_type']
    [ , [ @found =] 'found' OUTPUT]

Arguments

[@publication = ] 'publication'

Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with a default of %. The publication must already exist and conform to the rules for identifiers. If NULL or %, information about all merge publications and subscriptions in the current database is returned.

[@subscriber = ] 'subscriber'

Is the name of the Subscriber. subscriber is sysname, with a default of %. If NULL or %, information about all subscriptions to the given publication is returned.

[@subscriber_db = ] 'subscriber_db'

Is the name of the subscription database. subscriber_db is sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all subscription databases.

[@publisher = ] 'publisher'

Is the name of the Publisher. The Publisher must be a valid server. publisher is sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all Publishers.

[@publisher_db = ] 'publisher_db'

Is the name of the Publisher database. publisher_db is sysname, with a default of %, which returns information about all Publisher databases.

[@subscription_type = ] 'subscription_type'

Is the type of subscription. subscription_type is nvarchar(15), and can be one of these values.

Value	Description
push (default)	Push subscription.
Pull	Pull subscription.
Both	Both a push and pull subscription.

[@found = ] 'found' OUTPUT

Is a flag to indicate returning rows. found is int and an OUTPUT parameter, with a default of NULL. 1 indicates the publication is found. 0 indicates the publication is not found.

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
subscription_name		Name of the subscription.
Publication	sysname	Name of the publication.
Publisher	sysname	Name of the Publisher.
publisher_db	sysname	Name of the Publisher database.
Subscriber	sysname	Name of the Subscriber.
subscriber_db	sysname	Name of the subscription database.
Status	int	Status of the subscription: 0 = All jobs are waiting to start 1 = One or more jobs are starting 2 = All jobs have executed successfully 3 = At least one job is executing 4 = All jobs are scheduled and idle 5 = At least one job is attempting to execute after a previous failure 6 = At least one job has failed to execute successfully
subscriber_type	int	Type of Subscriber.
subscription_type	int	Type of subscription: 0 = Push 1 = Pull 2 = Both
Priority	float(8)	Number indicating the priority for the subscription.
sync_type	tinyint	Subscription sync type.
description	nvarchar(255)	Brief description of this merge subscription.
merge_jobid	binary(16)	Job ID of the Merge Agent.
full_publication	tinyint	Whether the subscription is to a full or filtered publication.
offload_enabled		Specifies if offload execution of a replication agent has been set to run at the Subscriber. If NULL, execution is run at the Publisher.
offload_server		Name of the server to where the agent is running.
use_interactive_resolver		Returns whether or not the interactive resolver is used during reconciliation. If 0, the interactive resolver not is used.

Remarks

sp_helpmergesubscription is used in merge replication.

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