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MergePublication.RetentionPeriodUnit Property

Gets or sets the unit in which the RetentionPeriodUnit property is expressed.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property RetentionPeriodUnit As RetentionPeriodUnits 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As MergePublication 
Dim value As RetentionPeriodUnits 

value = instance.RetentionPeriodUnit

instance.RetentionPeriodUnit = value
public RetentionPeriodUnits RetentionPeriodUnit { get; set; }
public:
property RetentionPeriodUnits RetentionPeriodUnit {
    RetentionPeriodUnits get ();
    void set (RetentionPeriodUnits value);
}
member RetentionPeriodUnit : RetentionPeriodUnits with get, set
function get RetentionPeriodUnit () : RetentionPeriodUnits 
function set RetentionPeriodUnit (value : RetentionPeriodUnits)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.RetentionPeriodUnits
The unit for the retention period.

Remarks

The RetentionPeriodUnit property can be retrieved by members of the db_owner or replmonitor fixed database roles on the publication database or by members of the publication access list (PAL) for the publication.

The RetentionPeriodUnit property can be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher. It can also be set by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Retrieving RetentionPeriodUnit is equivalent to executing sp_helpmergepublication.

Setting RetentionPeriodUnit is equivalent to executing sp_addmergepublication or sp_changemergepublication.

See Also

Reference

MergePublication Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace