MaxDistributionRetention Property

SQL-DMO

SQL-DMO

MaxDistributionRetention Property

The MaxDistributionRetention property specifies the greatest number of hours that an image of replicated data is maintained within the distribution database.

Applies To
DistributionDatabase Object  
Syntax

object.MaxDistributionRetention [= value]

Parts

object

Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

value

Long integer that specifies a number of hours

Data Type

Long

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetMaxDistributionRetention(LPDWORD pRetVal);

HRESULT SetMaxDistributionRetention(DWORD NewValue);

Remarks

By default, replicated data is maintained in the distribution database for 72 hours. Subscriptions that have not retrieved the image within the maximum time are disabled and must be resynchronized.