DistributionArticle Class
SQL Server 2012
Represents information about an article published in a transactional or snapshot publication stored at the Distributor.
System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ReplicationObject
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.DistributionArticle
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ReplicationObject
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.DistributionArticle
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)
The DistributionArticle type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | DistributionArticle() | Creates a new instance of the DistributionArticle class. |
| DistributionArticle(String, String, String, String, String, ServerConnection) | Creates a new instance of the DistributionArticle class with the required properties and a connection to the Distributor. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ArticleId | Gets or sets the ID value for the article. |
| CachePropertyChanges | Gets or sets whether to cache changes made to the replication properties or to apply them immediately. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| ConnectionContext | Gets or sets the connection to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Description | Gets or sets a description for the article. |
| DistributionDBName | Gets or sets the name of the distribution database that contains the article metadata. |
| IsExistingObject | Gets whether the object exists on the server or not. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Name | Gets or sets the name of the article. |
| PublicationDBName | Gets or sets the name of the publication database. |
| PublicationName | Gets or sets the name of the publication that contains the article. |
| PublisherName | Gets or sets the name of the Publisher. |
| SourceObjectName | Gets or sets the database object that provides the article data. |
| SourceObjectOwner | Gets or sets the owner of the database object that provides the article data. |
| SqlServerName | Gets the name of the Microsoft SQL Server instance to which this object is connected. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| UserData | Gets or sets an object property that allows users to attach their own data to the object. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| CheckValidCreation | Infrastructure. Checks the valid replication creation. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| CheckValidDefinition | Infrastructure. Indicates whether the definition is valid. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| CommitPropertyChanges | Sends all the cached property change statements to the instance of Microsoft SQL Server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Create | Creates the article metadata at the Distributor. |
| Decouple | Decouples the referenced replication object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetChangeCommand | Infrastructure. Returns the change command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| GetCreateCommand | Infrastructure. Returns the create command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| GetDropCommand | Infrastructure. Returns the drop command from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
| InternalRefresh | Infrastructure. Initiates an internal refresh from the replication. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Load | Loads the properties of an existing object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| LoadProperties | Loads the properties of an existing object from the server. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Refresh | Reloads the properties of the object. (Inherited from ReplicationObject.) |
| Remove | Removes article metadata from the Distributor. |
| Script | Generates a Transact-SQL script that can be used to create or delete the article with the specified properties. |
| ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
The DistributionArticle class is used primarily by SQL Server Management Studio and for non-SQL Server Publishers. To create, view, or modify the properties of an article, you should instead use an instance of the TransArticle class.
The DistributionArticle class requires a connection to the Distributor.
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.
