Publication.CompatibilityLevel Property
Gets or sets the earliest version of Microsoft SQL Server running on the Subscribers that the referenced publication can support.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overridable Property CompatibilityLevel As PublicationCompatibilityLevel
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Publication
Dim value As PublicationCompatibilityLevel
value = instance.CompatibilityLevel
instance.CompatibilityLevel = value
public virtual PublicationCompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel { get; set; }
public:
virtual property PublicationCompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel {
PublicationCompatibilityLevel get ();
void set (PublicationCompatibilityLevel value);
}
abstract CompatibilityLevel : PublicationCompatibilityLevel with get, set
override CompatibilityLevel : PublicationCompatibilityLevel with get, set
function get CompatibilityLevel () : PublicationCompatibilityLevel
function set CompatibilityLevel (value : PublicationCompatibilityLevel)
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.PublicationCompatibilityLevel
A PublicationCompatibilityLevel value.
Remarks
The CompatibilityLevel property is only supported for merge publications. You can only set the CompatibilityLevel property on an instance of MergePublication.
The CompatibilityLevel property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher, by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database, or by users in the publication access list (PAL).
The CompatibilityLevel property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database. Users in the PAL can set the CompatibilityLevel property of an existing publication.
Retrieving the CompatibilityLevel property is equivalent to executing sp_helpmergepublication (Transact-SQL).
Setting the CompatibilityLevel property is equivalent to executing sp_addmergepublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changemergepublication (Transact-SQL).