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sp_droparticle (Transact-SQL)

Drops an article from a snapshot or transactional publication. An article cannot be removed if one or more subscriptions to it exist. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

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Syntax

sp_droparticle [ @publication= ] 'publication'
        , [ @article= ] 'article'
    [ , [ @ignore_distributor = ] ignore_distributor ]
    [ , [ @force_invalidate_snapshot= ] force_invalidate_snapshot ]
    [ , [ @publisher = ] 'publisher' ]
    [ , [ @from_drop_publication = ] from_drop_publication ]

Arguments

  • [ @publication=] 'publication'
    Is the name of the publication that contains the article to be dropped. publication is sysname, with no default.

  • [ @article=] 'article'
    Is the name of the article to be dropped. article is sysname, with no default.

  • [ @ignore_distributor =] ignore_distributor
    Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.

  • [ @force_invalidate_snapshot = ] force_invalidate_snapshot
    Acknowledges that the action taken by this stored procedure may invalidate an existing snapshot. force_invalidate_snapshot is a bit, with a default of 0.

    0 specifies that changes to the article do not cause the snapshot to be invalid. If the stored procedure detects that the change does require a new snapshot, an error occurs and no changes are made.

    1 specifies that changes to the article may cause the snapshot to be invalid, and if there are existing subscriptions that would require a new snapshot, gives permission for the existing snapshot to be marked as obsolete and a new snapshot generated.

  • [ @publisher= ] 'publisher'
    Specifies a non-Microsoft SQL Server Publisher. publisher is sysname, with a default of NULL.

    Note

    publisher should not be used when changing article properties on a SQL Server Publisher.

  • [ @from_drop_publication= ] from_drop_publication
    Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_droparticle is used in snapshot and transactional replication.

For horizontally filtered articles, sp_droparticle checks the type column of the article in the sysarticles (Transact-SQL) table to determine whether a view or filter should also be dropped. If a view or filter was autogenerated, it is dropped with the article. If it was manually created, it is not dropped.

Executing sp_droparticle to drop an article from a publication does not remove the object from the publication database or the corresponding object from the subscription database. Use DROP <object> to manually remove these objects if necessary.

Example

DECLARE @publication AS sysname;
DECLARE @article AS sysname;
SET @publication = N'AdvWorksProductTran'; 
SET @article = N'Product'; 

-- Drop the transactional article.
USE [AdventureWorks2008R2]
EXEC sp_droparticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @article,
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1;
GO

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role or db_owner fixed database role can execute sp_droparticle.