HistoryRetention Property
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
The HistoryRetention property specifies the number of hours to maintain replication distribution history data.
Syntax
object.HistoryRetention [=value]
Parts
object
An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.value
A positive long integer. The default is 48 hours.
Data Type
Long
Modifiable
Read/write
Prototype (C/C++)
HRESULT GetHistoryRetention(LPDWORD pRetVal);
HRESULT SetHistoryRetention(DWORD NewValue);
Remarks
Installing replication creates a SQL Server Agent job responsible for cleaning the replication history tables. Rows in the tables older than the current hour minus the retention period are targets of the cleaning.