sp_reinitpullsubscription (Transact-SQL)
Marks a transactional pull or anonymous subscription for reinitialization the next time the Distribution Agent runs. This stored procedure is executed at the Subscriber on the pull subscription database.
Syntax
sp_reinitpullsubscription [ @publisher = ] 'publisher', [ @publisher_db = ] 'publisher_db', [ @publication = ] 'publication'
Arguments
[ @publisher=] 'publisher'
Is the name of the Publisher. publisher is sysname, with no default.[ @publisher_db=] 'publisher_db'
Is the name of the Publisher database. publisher_db is sysname, with no default.[ @publication=] 'publication'
Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with a default of all, which marks all subscriptions for reinitialization.
Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Remarks
sp_reinitpullsubscription is used in transactional replication.
sp_reinitpullsubscription is not supported for peer-to-peer transactional replication.
sp_reinitpullsubscription can be called from the Subscriber to reinitialize the subscription, during the next run of the Distribution Agent.
Subscriptions to publications created with a value of false for @immediate_sync cannot be reinitialized from the Subscriber.
You can reinitialize a pull subscription by either executing sp_reinitpullsubscription at the Subscriber or sp_reinitsubscription at the Publisher.
Example
-- This script uses sqlcmd scripting variables. They are in the form
-- $(MyVariable). For information about how to use scripting variables
-- on the command line and in SQL Server Management Studio, see the
-- "Executing Replication Scripts" section in the topic
-- "Programming Replication Using System Stored Procedures".
DECLARE @publicationDB AS sysname;
DECLARE @publication AS sysname;
SET @publicationDB = N'AdventureWorks';
SET @publication = N'AdvWorksProductTran';
USE [AdventureWorksReplica]
-- Execute at the Subscriber to reinitialize the pull subscription.
EXEC sp_reinitpullsubscription
@publisher = $(PubServer),
@publisher_db = @publicationDB,
@publication = @publication;
GO
-- Start the Distribution Agent.
Permissions
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role or the db_owner fixed database role can execute sp_reinitpullsubscription.
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