The PublicationType property specifies treatment of data replicated from a Microsoft® SQL Server™ or heterogeneous data source.
DistributionPublication Object
object.PublicationType [= value]
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| object | Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list |
| value | Long integer specifying a type of replication publication as described in Settings |
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SQLDMOPublication_Merge | 2 | Referenced publication supports merge replication. |
| SQLDMOPublication_Snapshot | 1 | Referenced publication supports snapshot replication. |
| SQLDMOPublication_Transactional | 0 | Referenced publication supports transactional replication. |
| SQLDMOPublication_Unknown | 1000 | Error condition. No replication support can be determined for the referenced publication. |
SQL Server supports replicating data from heterogeneous data sources to servers running SQL Server. Set PublicationType to expose the composition of data. For example, when replicating an entire heterogeneous table with each synchronization, set PublicationType to SQLDMOPublication_Snapshot.
Long, enumerated
Read/write
HRESULT GetPublicationType(
SQLDMO_PUBLICATION_TYPE* pRetVal);
HRESULT SetPublicationType(
SQLDMO_PUBLICATION_TYPE NewValue);