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PullSubscription.AltSnapshotFolder Property

Gets or sets the location where the publication snapshot files are obtained when the default snapshot location at the Distributor is not used.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property AltSnapshotFolder As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As PullSubscription
Dim value As String

value = instance.AltSnapshotFolder

instance.AltSnapshotFolder = value

public string AltSnapshotFolder { get; set; }

public:
property String^ AltSnapshotFolder {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

member AltSnapshotFolder : string with get, set

function get AltSnapshotFolder () : String
function set AltSnapshotFolder (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that represents the full path to the alternate snapshot location.

Remarks

This option can be useful when a large amount of data must be transferred over an expensive connection.

The AltSnapshotFolder property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

The AltSnapshotFolder property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Subscriber or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the subscription database.

Retrieving the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_helppullsubscription (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL).

Setting the AltSnapshotFolder property is equivalent to executing sp_addpullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_addmergepullsubscription_agent (Transact-SQL), sp_change_subscription_properties (Transact-SQL), or sp_changemergepullsubscription (Transact-SQL).

The AltSnapshotFolder property is available with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.