sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

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02/28/2023
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Applies to: SQL Server

Performs a validation for the specified subscription. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

  
sp_validatemergesubscription [@publication=] 'publication'  
        , [ @subscriber = ] 'subscriber'  
        , [ @subscriber_db = ] 'subscriber_db'  
        , [ @level = ] level

Arguments

[ @publication = ] 'publication' Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with no default.

[ @subscriber = ] 'subscriber' Is the name of the Subscriber. subscriber is sysname, with no default.

[ @subscriber_db = ] 'subscriber_db' Is the name of the subscription database. subscriber_db is sysname, with no default.

[ @level = ] 'level' Is the type of validation to perform. level is tinyint, with no default. Level can be one of these values.

Level value	Description
1	Rowcount-only validation.
2	Rowcount and checksum validation.
3	Rowcount and binary checksum validation.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_validatemergesubscription is used in merge replication.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role or the db_owner fixed database role can execute sp_validatemergesubscription.