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MergeDynamicSnapshotJob Class

Contains information about the Snapshot Agent job that generates the data snapshot for a subscription to a merge publication with a parameterized row filter.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.MergeDynamicSnapshotJob

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class MergeDynamicSnapshotJob
'Usage
Dim instance As MergeDynamicSnapshotJob

public sealed class MergeDynamicSnapshotJob

public ref class MergeDynamicSnapshotJob sealed

[<SealedAttribute>]
type MergeDynamicSnapshotJob =  class end

public final class MergeDynamicSnapshotJob

The MergeDynamicSnapshotJob type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method MergeDynamicSnapshotJob Creates a new instance of the MergeDynamicSnapshotJob class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property DynamicFilterHostName Gets or sets the value supplied to the HOST_NAME (Transact-SQL) function to generate the data snapshot, when the parameterized row filter is defined using this function.
Public property DynamicFilterLogin Gets or sets the value supplied to the SUSER_SNAME (Transact-SQL) function to generate the data snapshot, when the parameterized row filter is defined using this function.
Public property DynamicSnapshotLocation Gets or sets the operating system folder used to store the filtered snapshot generated by this Snapshot Agent job.
Public property JobId Gets or sets the Microsoft SQL Server Agent job ID, in hexadecimal format, that generates the filtered snapshot for the Subscriber.
Public property Name Gets or sets the name of the Snapshot Agent job that generates the filtered snapshot for the Subscriber.
Public property UserData Gets or sets an object that allows you to attach custom data to this instance of MergeDynamicSnapshotJob.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

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

Thread Safety

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

Examples

          // Define the server, database, and publication names
            string publisherName = publisherInstance;
            string publicationName = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge";
            string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorks2008R2";
            string distributorName = publisherInstance;

            MergePublication publication;
            MergePartition partition;
            MergeDynamicSnapshotJob snapshotAgentJob;
            ReplicationAgentSchedule schedule;
            
            // Create a connection to the Publisher.
            ServerConnection publisherConn = new ServerConnection(publisherName);

            // Create a connection to the Distributor to start the Snapshot Agent.
            ServerConnection distributorConn = new ServerConnection(distributorName);

            try
            {
                // Connect to the Publisher.
                publisherConn.Connect();

                // Set the required properties for the publication.
                publication = new MergePublication();
                publication.ConnectionContext = publisherConn;
                publication.Name = publicationName;
                publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName;


                // If we can't get the properties for this merge publication, 
                // then throw an application exception.
                if (publication.LoadProperties() || publication.SnapshotAvailable)
                {
                    // Set a weekly schedule for the filtered data snapshot.
                    schedule = new ReplicationAgentSchedule();
                    schedule.FrequencyType = ScheduleFrequencyType.Weekly;
                    schedule.FrequencyRecurrenceFactor = 1;
                    schedule.FrequencyInterval = Convert.ToInt32(0x001);

                    // Set the value of Hostname that defines the data partition. 
                    partition = new MergePartition();
                    partition.DynamicFilterHostName = hostname;
                    snapshotAgentJob = new MergeDynamicSnapshotJob();
                    snapshotAgentJob.DynamicFilterHostName = hostname;

                    // Create the partition for the publication with the defined schedule.
                    publication.AddMergePartition(partition);
                    publication.AddMergeDynamicSnapshotJob(snapshotAgentJob, schedule);
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                        "Settings could not be retrieved for the publication, " +
                        " or the initial snapshot has not been generated. " +
                        "Ensure that the publication {0} exists on {1} and " +
                        "that the Snapshot Agent has run successfully.",
                        publicationName, publisherName));
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Do error handling here.
                throw new ApplicationException(string.Format(
                    "The partition for '{0}' in the {1} publication could not be created.",
                    hostname, publicationName), ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                publisherConn.Disconnect();
                if (distributorConn.IsOpen) distributorConn.Disconnect();
            }

' Define the server, database, and publication names
Dim publisherName As String = publisherInstance
Dim publicationName As String = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge"
Dim publicationDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2008R2"
Dim distributorName As String = publisherInstance

Dim publication As MergePublication
Dim partition As MergePartition
Dim snapshotAgentJob As MergeDynamicSnapshotJob
Dim schedule As ReplicationAgentSchedule

' Create a connection to the Publisher.
Dim publisherConn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(publisherName)

' Create a connection to the Distributor to start the Snapshot Agent.
Dim distributorConn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(distributorName)

Try
    ' Connect to the Publisher.
    publisherConn.Connect()

    ' Set the required properties for the publication.
    publication = New MergePublication()
    publication.ConnectionContext = publisherConn
    publication.Name = publicationName
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName


    ' If we can't get the properties for this merge publication, 
    ' then throw an application exception.
    If (publication.LoadProperties() Or publication.SnapshotAvailable) Then
        ' Set a weekly schedule for the filtered data snapshot.
        schedule = New ReplicationAgentSchedule()
        schedule.FrequencyType = ScheduleFrequencyType.Weekly
        schedule.FrequencyRecurrenceFactor = 1
        schedule.FrequencyInterval = Convert.ToInt32("0x001", 16)

        ' Set the value of Hostname that defines the data partition. 
        partition = New MergePartition()
        partition.DynamicFilterHostName = hostname
        snapshotAgentJob = New MergeDynamicSnapshotJob()
        snapshotAgentJob.DynamicFilterHostName = hostname

        ' Create the partition for the publication with the defined schedule.
        publication.AddMergePartition(partition)
        publication.AddMergeDynamicSnapshotJob(snapshotAgentJob, schedule)
    Else
        Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
         "Settings could not be retrieved for the publication, " + _
         " or the initial snapshot has not been generated. " + _
         "Ensure that the publication {0} exists on {1} and " + _
         "that the Snapshot Agent has run successfully.", _
         publicationName, publisherName))
    End If
Catch ex As Exception
    ' Do error handling here.
    Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
     "The partition for '{0}' in the {1} publication could not be created.", _
     hostname, publicationName), ex)
Finally
    publisherConn.Disconnect()
    If distributorConn.IsOpen Then
        distributorConn.Disconnect()
    End If
End Try

Thread Safety

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