Article.Description Property

Gets or sets a textual description of the article.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Description As String

public string Description { get; set; }

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

/** @property */
public String get_Description ()

/** @property */
public void set_Description (String value)

public function get Description () : String

public function set Description (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the description of the article.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentException	When the value contains null characters or is longer than 128-Unicode characters.

Remarks

The Description property is a read/write property.

The Description property can be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher and at the Subscriber (for republishing Subscribers). It can also be retrieved by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database and by users who are members of the PAL. For a MergeArticle object, this property can also be retrieved by members of the replmonitor fixed database role on the Distributor.

The Description 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 Description is equivalent to executing sp_helparticle (Transact-SQL) for transactional or snapshot replication or executing sp_helpmergearticle (Transact-SQL) for merge replication.

Setting Description is equivalent to executing sp_addarticle (Transact-SQL) or sp_changearticle (Transact-SQL) for transactional or snapshot replication, or executing sp_addmergearticle (Transact-SQL) or sp_changemergearticle (Transact-SQL) for merge replication.

The Description property is available with SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 7.0.

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

Article Class
Article Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Define an Article (RMO Programming)
How to: View and Modify Article Properties (RMO Programming)