sp_dropmergearticle (Transact-SQL)

Syntax

sp_dropmergearticle [ @publication= ] 'publication'
        , [ @article= ] 'article' 
    [ , [ @ignore_distributor= ] ignore_distributor 
    [ , [ @reserved= ] reserved 
    [ , [ @force_invalidate_snapshot= ] force_invalidate_snapshot ]
    [ , [ @force_reinit_subscription = ] force_reinit_subscription ]
    [ , [ @ignore_merge_metadata = ] ignore_merge_metadata ]

Arguments

• [ @publication=] 'publication'
  Is the name of the publication from which to drop an article. publicationis sysname, with no default.

• [ @article=] 'article'
  Is the name of the article to drop from the given publication. articleis sysname, with no default. If all, all existing articles in the specified merge publication are removed. Even if article is all, the publication still must be dropped separately from the article.

• [ @ignore_distributor=] ignore_distributor
  Indicates whether this stored procedure is executed without connecting to the Distributor. ignore_distributor is bit, with a default of 0.

• [ @reserved=] reserved
  Is reserved for future use. reserved is nvarchar(20), with a default of NULL.

• [ @force_invalidate_snapshot=] force_invalidate_snapshot
  Enables or disables the ability to have a snapshot invalidated. force_invalidate_snapshot is a bit, with a default 0.

  0 specifies that changes to the merge article do not cause the snapshot to be invalid.

  1 means that changes to the merge article may cause the snapshot to be invalid, and if that is the case, a value of 1 gives permission for the new snapshot to occur.

• [ @force_reinit_subscription = ] force_reinit_subscription
  Acknowledges that dropping the article requires existing subscriptions to be reinitialized. force_reinit_subscription is a bit, with a default of 0.

  0 specifies that dropping the article does not cause the subscription to be reinitialized.

  1 means that dropping the article causes existing subscriptions to be reinitialized, and gives permission for the subscription reinitialization to occur.

• [ @ignore_merge_metadata= ] ignore_merge_metadata
  Internal use only.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

sp_dropmergearticle is used in merge replication. For more information about dropping articles, see Adding Articles to and Dropping Articles from Existing Publications.

Executing sp_dropmergearticle 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 remove these objects manually if necessary.

Example

DECLARE @publication AS sysname;
DECLARE @table1 AS sysname;
DECLARE @table2 AS sysname;
DECLARE @table3 AS sysname;
DECLARE @salesschema AS sysname;
DECLARE @hrschema AS sysname;
DECLARE @filterclause AS nvarchar(1000);
SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge'; 
SET @table1 = N'Employee'; 
SET @table2 = N'SalesOrderHeader'; 
SET @table3 = N'SalesOrderDetail'; 
SET @salesschema = N'Sales';
SET @hrschema = N'HumanResources';
SET @filterclause = N'Employee.LoginID = HOST_NAME()';

-- Drop the merge join filter between SalesOrderHeader and SalesOrderDetail.
EXEC sp_dropmergefilter 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @table3, 
  @filtername = N'SalesOrderDetail_SalesOrderHeader', 
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1, 
  @force_reinit_subscription = 1;

-- Drops the merge join filter between Employee and SalesOrderHeader.
EXEC sp_dropmergefilter 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @table2, 
  @filtername = N'SalesOrderHeader_Employee', 
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1, 
  @force_reinit_subscription = 1;

-- Drops the article for the SalesOrderDetail table.
EXEC sp_dropmergearticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @table3,
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1, 
  @force_reinit_subscription = 1;

-- Drops the article for the SalesOrderHeader table.
EXEC sp_dropmergearticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @table2, 
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1, 
  @force_reinit_subscription = 1;

-- Drops the article for the Employee table.
EXEC sp_dropmergearticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @table1,
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1, 
  @force_reinit_subscription = 1;
GO

DECLARE @publication AS sysname;
DECLARE @article1 AS sysname;
DECLARE @article2 AS sysname;
SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge';
SET @article1 = N'SalesOrderDetail'; 
SET @article2 = N'SalesOrderHeader'; 

-- Remove articles from a merge publication.
USE [AdventureWorks2008R2]
EXEC sp_dropmergearticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @article1,
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1;
EXEC sp_dropmergearticle 
  @publication = @publication, 
  @article = @article2,
  @force_invalidate_snapshot = 1;
GO

Permissions

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

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