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Application Definition File Reference

Reserved Characters

The XML Declaration

<Action> Element (<ChronicleRule>)

<Action> Element (<EventRule>)

<Action> Element (<ScheduledRule>)

<ActionTimeout> Element (<ChronicleRule>)

<ActionTimeout> Element (<EventRule>)

<ActionTimeout> Element (<ScheduledRule>)

<Application> Node

<ApplicationExecutionSettings> Node

<Argument> Node (/ContentFormatter/Arguments)

<Argument> Node (/HostedProvider/Arguments)

<Arguments> Node (<ContentFormatter>)

<Arguments> Node (<HostedProvider>)

<AssemblyName> Element (<ContentFormatter>)

<AssemblyName> Element (<HostedProvider>)

<Build> Element

<Chronicle> Node (/EventClass/Chronicles)

<Chronicle> Node (/SubscriptionClass/Chronicles)

<ChronicleName> Element (/EventClass/Chronicles/Chronicle)

<ChronicleName> Element (/SubscriptionClass/Chronicles/Chronicle)

<ChronicleQuantumLimit> Element

<ChronicleRule> Node

<Chronicles> Node (<EventClass>)

<Chronicles> Node (<SubscriptionClass>)

<ClassName> Element (<ContentFormatter>)

<ClassName> Element (<HostedProvider>)

<CollationName> Element

<ComputedField> Node

<ComputedFields> Node

<ContentFormatter> Node

<CreationDate> Element

<CreationTime> Element

<Database> Node

<DefaultFileGroup> Element

<DigestDelivery> Element

<DigestGrouping> Element (<ComputedField>)

<DigestGrouping> Element (<Field>)

<Distributor> Node

<DistributorLogging> Node

<Distributors> Node

<Duration> Element

<EventClass> Node

<EventClasses> Node

<EventClassName> Element (<EventClass>)

<EventClassName> Element (<EventRule>)

<EventRule> Node

<EventRules> Node

<EventThrottle> Element

<ExpirationAge> Element

<FailureEventLogInterval> Element

<FailuresBeforeAbort> Element

<FailuresBeforeLoggingEvent> Element

<Field> Node (/EventClass/Schema)

<Field> Node (/Protocol/Fields)

<Field> Node (/Schema/Fields)

<Field> Node (/SubscriptionClass/Schema)

<FieldName> Element (/EventClass/Schema/Field)

<FieldName> Element (/NotificationClass/Schema/ComputedFields/ComputedField)

<FieldName> Element (/NotificationClass/Schema/Fields/Field)

<FieldName> Element (/Protocol/Fields/Field)

<FieldName> Element (/SubscriptionClass/Schema/Field)

<FieldReference> Element

<Fields> Node (<Protocol>)

<Fields> Node (<Schema>)

<FieldType> Element (/EventClass/Schema/Field)

<FieldType> Element (/NotificationClass/Schema/Fields/Field)

<FieldType> Element (/SubscriptionClass/Schema/Field)

<FieldTypeMods> Element (/EventClass/Schema/Field)

<FieldTypeMods> Element (/SubscriptionClass/Schema/Field)

<FileGroup> Element (<EventClass>)

<FileGroup> Element (<NotificationClass>)

<FileGroup> Element (<SubscriptionClass>)

<FileGroupName> Element

<FileName> Element (<FileSpec>)

<FileName> Element (<LogFile>)

<FileSpec> Node

<Generator> Node

<GrowthIncrement> Element (<FileSpec>)

<GrowthIncrement> Element (<LogFile>)

<HostedProvider> Node

<IndexSqlSchema> Node (<EventClass>)

<IndexSqlSchema> Node (<SubscriptionClass>)

<Interval> Element

<LastModifiedDate> Element

<LastModifiedTime> Element

<LogBeforeDeliveryAttempts> Element

<LogicalName> Element (<FileSpec>)

<LogicalName> Element (<LogFile>)

<LogNotificationText> Element

<LogStatusInfo> Element

<Major> Element

<MaxSize> Element (<FileSpec>)

<MaxSize> Element (<LogFile>)

<Minor> Element

<MulticastDelivery> Element

<MulticastRecipientLimit> Element

<Name> Element (/ContentFormatter/Arguments/Argument)

<Name> Element (/HostedProvider/Arguments/Argument)

<Name> Element (<Parameter>)

<NamedFileGroup> Node

<NonHostedProvider> Node

<NotificationBatchSize> Element

<NotificationClass> Node

<NotificationClasses> Node

<NotificationClassName> Element

<NotificationThrottle> Element

<Parameter> Node

<ParameterDefaults> Node

<PerformanceQueryInterval> Element

<ProcessEventsInOrder> Element

<Protocol> Node

<ProtocolExecutionSettings> Node

<ProtocolName> Element

<Protocols> Node

<ProviderName> Element (<HostedProvider>)

<ProviderName> Element (<NonHostedProvider>)

<Providers> Node

<QuantumDuration> Element (<ApplicationExecutionSettings>)

<QuantumDuration> Element (<Distributor>)

<RetentionAge> Element

<RetryDelay> Element

<RetrySchedule> Node

<Revision> Element

<RuleName> Element (<ChronicleRule>)

<RuleName> Element (<EventRule>)

<RuleName> Element (<ScheduledRule>)

<Schedule> Node (<HostedProvider>)

<Schedule> Node (<VacuumSchedule>)

<ScheduledRule> Node

<ScheduledRules> Node

<Schema> Node (<EventClass>)

<Schema> Node (<NotificationClass>)

<Schema> Node (<SubscriptionClass>)

<Size> Element (<FileSpec>)

<Size> Element (<LogFile>)

<SqlExpression> Element (<ComputedField>)

<SqlExpression> Element (/Protocol/Fields/Field)

<SqlSchema> Node (/EventClass/Chronicles/Chronicle)

<SqlSchema> Node (/SubscriptionClass/Chronicles/Chronicle)

<SqlStatement> Element (/EventClass/Chronicles/Chronicle/SqlSchema)

<SqlStatement> Element (/EventClass/IndexSqlSchema)

<SqlStatement> Element (/SubscriptionClass/Chronicles/Chronicle/SqlSchema)

<SqlStatement> Element (/SubscriptionClass/IndexSqlSchema)

<StartTime> Element (/HostedProvider/Schedule)

<StartTime> Element (/VacuumSchedule/Schedule)

<SubscriptionClass> Node

<SubscriptionClasses> Node

<SubscriptionClassName> Element

<SubscriptionThrottle> Element

<SubscriptionQuantumLimit> Element

<SystemName> Element (<Distributor>)

<SystemName> Element (<Generator>)

<SystemName> Element (<HostedProvider>)

<ThreadPoolSize> Element (<Distributor>)

<ThreadPoolSize> Element (<Generator>)

<Vacuum> Node

<VacuumSchedule> Node

<Value> Element (/ContentFormatter/Arguments/Argument)

<Value> Element (/HostedProvider/Arguments/Argument)

<Value> Element (<Parameter>)

<WorkItemTimeout> Element

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<RetentionAge> Element

SQL Server 2000

Specifies the minimum age at which system data is considered to be obsolete and available for removal.

Structure

<ApplicationExecutionSettings>
   ...
   <Vacuum>
      <RetentionAge>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data Type	duration.
Default Value	Seven days.
Occurrence	Optional once per <Vacuum> node.
Updates	Can be modified, but not added or deleted, using NSControl Update.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent Node	<Vacuum> Node

Remarks

Data is not removed any earlier than the period specified by the <RetentionAge> element, although it is not necessarily removed immediately on expiration of the specified period.

The format of the XML duration data type is P0DT00H00M00S. For more information about XML data types, see Primitive XML Data Types in the Microsoft MSDN® Library.

See Also

Defining the <Vacuum> Node

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