Publication.HasSubscription Property

Gets whether the publication has one or more subscriptions.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property HasSubscription As Boolean 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Publication 
Dim value As Boolean 

value = instance.HasSubscription

public bool HasSubscription { get; }

public:
property bool HasSubscription {
    bool get ();
}

member HasSubscription : bool

function get HasSubscription () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value. If true, the publication has at least one existing subscription, and if false, the publication has no subscriptions.

Remarks

The HasSubscription property can only be retrieved by members of the db_owner and replmonitor fixed database role on the publication database.

Examples

          // Define the Publisher, publication database, 
            // and publication names.
            string publisherName = publisherInstance;
            string publicationName = "AdvWorksProductTran";
            string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorks2012";

            TransPublication publication;
            ReplicationDatabase publicationDb;

            // Create a connection to the Publisher 
            // using Windows Authentication.
            ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection(publisherName);

            try
            {
                conn.Connect();

                // Set the required properties for the transactional publication.
                publication = new TransPublication();
                publication.ConnectionContext = conn;
                publication.Name = publicationName;
                publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName;

                // Delete the publication, if it exists and has no subscriptions.
                if (publication.LoadProperties() && !publication.HasSubscription)
                {
                    publication.Remove();
                }
                else
                {
                    // Do something here if the publication does not exist
                    // or has subscriptions.
                    throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                        "The publication {0} could not be deleted. " +
                        "Ensure that the publication exists and that all " +
                        "subscriptions have been deleted.",
                        publicationName, publisherName));
                }

                // If no other transactional publications exists,
                // disable publishing on the database.
                publicationDb = new ReplicationDatabase(publicationDbName, conn);
                if (publicationDb.LoadProperties())
                {
                    if (publicationDb.TransPublications.Count == 0)
                    {
                        publicationDb.EnabledTransPublishing = false;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    // Do something here if the database does not exist.
                    throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                        "The database {0} does not exist on {1}.",
                        publicationDbName, publisherName));
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Implement application error handling here.
                throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                    "The publication {0} could not be deleted.",
                    publicationName), ex);
            }
            finally
            {
                conn.Disconnect();
            }

' Define the Publisher, publication database, 
' and publication names.
Dim publisherName As String = publisherInstance
Dim publicationName As String = "AdvWorksProductTran"
Dim publicationDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2012"

Dim publication As TransPublication
Dim publicationDb As ReplicationDatabase

' Create a connection to the Publisher 
' using Windows Authentication.
Dim conn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(publisherName)

Try
    conn.Connect()

    ' Set the required properties for the transactional publication.
    publication = New TransPublication()
    publication.ConnectionContext = conn
    publication.Name = publicationName
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName

    ' Delete the publication, if it exists and has no subscriptions.
    If publication.LoadProperties() And Not publication.HasSubscription Then
        publication.Remove()
    Else
        ' Do something here if the publication does not exist
        ' or has subscriptions.
        Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
         "The publication {0} could not be deleted. " + _
         "Ensure that the publication exists and that all " + _
         "subscriptions have been deleted.", _
         publicationName, publisherName))
    End If

    ' If no other transactional publications exists,
    ' disable publishing on the database.
    publicationDb = New ReplicationDatabase(publicationDbName, conn)
    If publicationDb.LoadProperties() Then
        If publicationDb.TransPublications.Count = 0 Then
            publicationDb.EnabledTransPublishing = False
        End If
    Else
        ' Do something here if the database does not exist.
        Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
         "The database {0} does not exist on {1}.", _
         publicationDbName, publisherName))
    End If
Catch ex As Exception
    ' Implement application error handling here.
    Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
     "The publication {0} could not be deleted.", _
     publicationName), ex)
Finally
    conn.Disconnect()
End Try

See Also

Reference

Publication Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace