msmerge-altsyncpartners-transact-sql.md

title	MSmerge_altsyncpartners (Transact-SQL)
description	MSmerge_altsyncpartners (Transact-SQL)
author	VanMSFT
ms.author	vanto
ms.date	03/04/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	replication
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	MSmerge_altsyncpartners_TSQL MSmerge_altsyncpartners
helpviewer_keywords	MSmerge_altsyncpartners system table
dev_langs	TSQL

MSmerge_altsyncpartners (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

The MSmerge_altsyncpartners table tracks the association of who the current synchronization partners are for a Publisher. This table is stored in the publication and subscription databases.

Column name	Data type	Description
subid	uniqueidentifier	The identifier for the original Publisher.
alternate_subid	uniqueidentifier	The identifier for the Subscriber who is the alternate synchronization partner.
description	nvarchar(255)	The description of the alternate synchronization partner.

See Also

Replication Tables (Transact-SQL)
Replication Views (Transact-SQL)