[ @publication=] 'publication'

Is the name of the publication that contains the article. publication is sysname, with a default of NULL.

[ @article=] 'article'

Is the name of the article whose property is to be changed. article is sysname, with a default of NULL.

[ @property=] 'property'

Is an article property to change. property is nvarchar(100).

[ @value=] 'value'

Is the new value of the article property. value is nvarchar(255).

This table describes the properties of articles and the values for those properties.

Property	Values	Description
creation_script		Path and name of an article schema script used to create target tables. The default is NULL.
del_cmd		DELETE statement to execute; otherwise, it is constructed from the log.
description		New descriptive entry for the article.
dest_object		Provided for backward compatibility. Use dest_table.
dest_table		New destination table.
destination_owner		Name of the owner of the destination object.
filter		New stored procedure to be used to filter the table (horizontal filtering). The default is NULL. Cannot be changed for publications in peer-to-peer replication.
fire_triggers_on_snapshot	true	Replicated user triggers are executed when the initial snapshot is applied. For triggers to be replicated, the bitmask value of schema_option must include the value 0x100. Note:
	false	Replicated user triggers are not executed when the initial snapshot is applied.
identity_range		Controls the size of assigned identity ranges assigned at the Subscriber. Not supported for peer-to-peer replication.
ins_cmd		INSERT statement to execute; otherwise, it is constructed from the log.
pre_creation_cmd		Pre-creation command that can drop, delete, or truncate the destination table before synchronization is applied.
	none	Does not use a command.
	drop	Drops the destination table.
	delete	Deletes the destination table.
	truncate	Truncates the destination table.
pub_identity_range		Controls the size of assigned identity ranges assigned at the Subscriber. Not supported for peer-to-peer replication.
schema_option		Specifies the bitmap of the schema generation option for the given article. schema_option is binary(8). For more information, see the Remarks section later in this topic.
	0x00	Disables scripting by the Snapshot Agent.
	0x01	Generates the object creation (CREATE TABLE, CREATE PROCEDURE, and so on).
	0x02	Generates the stored procedures that propagate changes for the article, if defined.
	0x04	Identity columns are scripted using the IDENTITY property.
	0x08	Replicate timestamp columns. If not set, timestamp columns are replicated as binary.
	0x10	Generates a corresponding clustered index.
	0x20	Converts user-defined data types (UDT) to base data types at the Subscriber. This option cannot be used when there is a CHECK or DEFAULT constraint on a UDT column, if a UDT column is part of the primary key, or if a computed column references a UDT column. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	0x40	Generates corresponding nonclustered indexes.
	0x80	Includes declared referential integrity on the primary keys.
	0x100	Replicates user triggers on a table article, if defined.
	0x200	Replicates FOREIGN KEY constraints. If the referenced table is not part of a publication, all FOREIGN KEY constraints on a published table are not replicated.
	0x400	Replicates CHECK constraints.
	0x800	Replicates defaults.
	0x1000	Replicates column-level collation.
	0x2000	Replicates extended properties associated with the published article source object.
	0x4000	Replicates unique keys if defined on a table article.
	0x8000	Replicates primary key and unique keys on a table article as constraints using ALTER TABLE statements. This option has been deprecated. Use 0x80 and 0x4000 instead. Note:
	0x10000	Replicates CHECK constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization.
	0x20000	Replicates FOREIGN KEY constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization.
	0x40000	Replicates filegroups associated with a partitioned table or index.
	0x80000	Replicates the partition scheme for a partitioned table.
	0x100000	Replicates the partition scheme for a partitioned index.
	0x200000	Replicates table statistics.
	0x400000	Default Bindings
	0x800000	Rule Bindings
	0x1000000	Full-text index
	0x2000000	XML schema collections bound to xml columns are not replicated.
	0x4000000	Replicates indexes on xml columns.
	0x8000000	Create any schemas not already present on the subscriber.
	0x10000000	Converts xml columns to ntext on the Subscriber.
	0x20000000	Converts large object data types introduced in SQL Server 2005 to data types supported on earlier versions of Microsoft SQL Server, based on the following mapping. nvarchar(max) ntext varchar(max) text varbinary(max) image SQL Server 2005 data type Down-level data type
	0x40000000	Replicate permissions.
	0x80000000	Attempt to drop dependencies to any objects that are not part of the publication.
status		Specifies the new status of the property.
	dts horizontal partitions	The horizontal partition for the article is defined by a transformable subscription. The transformable subscriptions feature for transactional replication has been deprecated. Support for this feature in the user interface has been dropped. Using the feature requires installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS). For more information, see SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Backward Compatibility. For more information about transformable subscriptions, see Transforming Published Data. Note:
	include column names	Column names are included in the replicated INSERT statement.
	no column names	Column names are not included in the replicated INSERT statement.
	no dts horizontal partitions	The horizontal partition for the article is not defined by a transformable subscription.
	none	Clears all status options in the sysarticles table and marks the article as inactive.
	parameters	Changes are propagated to the Subscriber using parameterized commands. This is the default setting for a new article.
	string literals	Changes are propagated to the Subscriber using string literal values.
sync_object		Name of the table or view used to produce a synchronization output file. The default is NULL. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
tablespace		Identifies the tablespace used by the logging table for an article published from an Oracle database. For more information, see Managing Oracle Tablespaces.
threshold		The percentage value that controls when the Distribution Agent assigns a new identity range. Not supported for peer-to-peer replication.
type		Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	logbased	Log-based article.
	logbased manualboth	Log-based article with manual filter and manual view. This option requires that the sync_object and filter properties also be set. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	logbased manualfilter	Log-based article with manual filter. This option requires that the sync_object and filter properties also be set. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	logbased manualview	Log-based article with manual view. This option requires that the sync_object property also be set. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	indexed view logbased	Log-based indexed view article. Not supported for Oracle Publishers. For this type of article, the base table does not need to be published separately.
	indexed view logbased manualboth	Log-based indexed view article with manual filter and manual view. This option requires that the sync_object and filter properties also be set. For this type of article, the base table does not need to be published separately. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	indexed view logbased manualfilter	Log-based indexed view article with manual filter. This option requires the sync_object and filter properties also be set. For this type of article, the base table does not need to be published separately. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
	indexed view logbased manualview	Log-based indexed view article with manual view. This option requires that the sync_object property also be set. For this type of article, the base table does not need to be published separately. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.
upd_cmd		UPDATE statement to execute; otherwise, it is constructed from the log.
NULL	NULL	Returns a list of article properties that can be changed.

[ @force_invalidate_snapshot = ] force_invalidate_snapshot

Acknowledges that the action taken by this stored procedure may invalidate an existing snapshot. force_invalidate_snapshot is a bit, with a default of 0.

0 specifies that changes to the article do not cause the snapshot to be invalid. If the stored procedure detects that the change does require a new snapshot, an error occurs and no changes are made.

1 specifies that changes to the article may cause the snapshot to be invalid, and if there are existing subscriptions that would require a new snapshot, gives permission for the existing snapshot to be marked as obsolete and a new snapshot generated.

See the Remarks section for the properties that, when changed, require the generation of a new snapshot.

[ @force_reinit_subscription = ] force_reinit_subscription

Acknowledges that the action taken by this stored procedure may require existing subscriptions to be reinitialized. force_reinit_subscription is a bit with a default of 0.

0 specifies that changes to the article do not cause the subscription to be reinitialized. If the stored procedure detects that the change would require existing subscriptions to be reinitialized, an error occurs and no changes are made.

1 specifies that changes to the article cause existing subscriptions to be reinitialized, and gives permission for the subscription reinitialization to occur.

See the Remarks section for the properties that, when changed, require that all existing subscriptions be reinitialized.

[ @publisher= ] 'publisher'

Specifies a non-SQL Server Publisher. publisher is sysname, with a default of NULL.

Note:
publisher should not be used when changing article properties on a SQL Server Publisher.

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

sp_changearticle is used in snapshot replication and transactional replication.

When an article belongs to a publication that supports peer-to-peer transactional replication, you can only change the description, ins_cmd, upd_cmd, and del_cmd properties.

Changing any of the following properties requires that a new snapshot be generated, and you must specify a value of 1 for the force_invalidate_snapshot parameter:

• del_cmd
  
• dest_table
  
• destination_owner
  
• ins_cmd
  
• pre_creation_cmd
  
• schema_options
  
• upd_cmd
  

Changing any of the following properties requires that existing subscriptions be reinitialized, and you must specify a value of 1 for the force_reinit_subscription parameter.

• del_cmd
  
• dest_table
  
• destination_owner
  
• filter
  
• ins_cmd
  
• status
  
• upd_cmd
  

Within an existing publication, you can use sp_changearticle to change an article without having to drop and re-create the entire publication.

Note:
When changing the value of schema_option, the system does not perform a bitwise update. This means that when you set schema_option using sp_changearticle, existing bit settings may be turned off. To retain the existing settings, you should perform & (Bitwise AND) between the value that you are setting and the current value of schema_option, which can be determined by executing sp_helparticle.

Valid Schema Options

The following table describes the allowable values of schema_option based upon the replication type (shown across the top) and the article type (shown down the first column).

Article type	Replication type
	Transactional	Snapshot
logbased	All options	All options but 0x02
logbased manualfilter	All options	All options but 0x02
logbased manualview	All options	All options but 0x02
indexed view logbased	All options	All options but 0x02
indexed view logbased manualfilter	All options	All options but 0x02
indexed view logbased manualview	All options	All options but 0x02
indexed view logbase manualboth	All options	All options but 0x02
proc exec	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000
serialized proc exec	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000
proc schema only	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000
view schema only	0x01, 0x010, 0x020, 0x040, 0x0100, 0x2000, 0x40000, 0x100000, 0x200000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x010, 0x020, 0x040, 0x0100, 0x2000, 0x40000, 0x100000, 0x200000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000
func schema only	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x20, 0x2000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x10000000, 0x20000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000
indexed view schema only	0x01, 0x010, 0x020, 0x040, 0x0100, 0x2000, 0x40000, 0x100000, 0x200000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000	0x01, 0x010, 0x020, 0x040, 0x0100, 0x2000, 0x40000, 0x100000, 0x200000, 0x400000, 0x800000, 0x2000000, 0x8000000, 0x40000000, and 0x80000000

Note:
For queued updating publications, the schema_option value of 0x80 must be enabled. The supported schema_option values for non-SQL Server publications are: 0x01, 0x02, 0x10, 0x40, 0x80, 0x1000 and 0x4000.

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

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