PullSubscription.AltSnapshotFolder Property

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12/03/2008

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

public string AltSnapshotFolder { get; set; }

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

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

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

public function get AltSnapshotFolder () : String

public function set AltSnapshotFolder (value : String)

Property Value

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.

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.

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