sp_validatemergepublication (Transact-SQL)

Performs a publication-wide validation for which all subscriptions (push, pull, and anonymous) will be validated once. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_validatemergepublication [@publication=] 'publication'
        , [ @level = ] level

Arguments

• [@publication=] 'publication'
  Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with no default.

• [ @level= ] level
  Is the type of validation to perform. level is tinyint, with no default. Level can be one of these values.

  Level value	Description
  1	Rowcount-only validation.
  2	Rowcount and checksum validation. For Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Subscribers, this is automatically set to 3.
  3	This is the recommended value.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_validatemergepublication is used in merge replication.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_validatemergepublication.

See Also

Reference

System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

Validate Replicated Data