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Publication.FtpSubdirectory Property

Gets or sets the subdirectory on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server computer for publications that allow subscription initialization over FTP.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property FtpSubdirectory As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Publication
Dim value As String

value = instance.FtpSubdirectory

instance.FtpSubdirectory = value

public string FtpSubdirectory { get; set; }

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

member FtpSubdirectory : string with get, set

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

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value.

Remarks

The Merge Agent or the Distribution Agent uses this property to locate the snapshot files on the FTP server.

The FTPSubDirectory() property can only be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher, by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database, or by users in the publication access list (PAL).

The FTPSubDirectory() property can only be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database. Users in the PAL can set the FTPSubDirectory() property of an existing publication.

Retrieving the FTPSubDirectory() property is equivalent to executing sp_helppublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_helpmergepublication (Transact-SQL).

Setting the FTPSubDirectory() property is equivalent to executing sp_addpublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changepublication (Transact-SQL) or sp_addmergepublication (Transact-SQL) and sp_changemergepublication (Transact-SQL).

The FTPSubDirectory() 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.