MergeSubscription Object

SQL-DMO

Methods

BeginAlter Method	ReInitialize Method
CancelAlter Method	Remove Method (Objects)
DoAlter Method	Script Method (Replication Objects)

Remarks

With the MergeSubscription object, you can:

• Add a push subscription to a merge publication.
  
  
• Change the properties of an existing push merge subscription.

To create a merge push subscription at the Publisher

1. Create a new MergeSubscription object.
   
   
2. Set the Subscriber property to the name of an existing Subscriber.
   
   
3. Set the SubscriptionDB property to the name of the database (at the Subscriber) where the subscription data will be stored.
   
   
4. Note that the Name property defaults to subscriber:subscription_database.
   
   
5. Add the MergeSubscription object to the MergeSubscriptions collection of a connected MergePublication object.

To alter an existing merge push subscription

1. Get a MergeSubscription object from the MergeSubscriptions collection of a connected MergePublication object.
   
   
2. Use the BeginAlter method to mark the beginning of the changes.
   
   
3. Set the MergeSubscription object properties to reflect the changes to the merge push subscription.
   
   
4. Use the DoAlter method to submit the changes to Microsoft® SQL Server™.

Note  The MergeSubscription object is compatible with instances of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server version 7.0. However, the MergeSubscription2 object extends the functionality of the MergeSubscription object for use with features that are new in SQL Server 2000.

See Also

MergeSubscription2 Object