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title sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)
description sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)
author markingmyname
ms.author maghan
ms.reviewer randolphwest
ms.date 06/23/2025
ms.service sql
ms.subservice replication
ms.topic reference
f1_keywords
sp_validatemergesubscription
sp_validatemergesubscription_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords
sp_validatemergesubscription
dev_langs
TSQL

sp_validatemergesubscription (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Performs a validation for the specified subscription. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

sp_validatemergesubscription
    [ @publication = ] N'publication'
    , [ @subscriber = ] N'subscriber'
    , [ @subscriber_db = ] N'subscriber_db'
    , [ @level = ] level
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @publication = ] N'publication'

The name of the publication. @publication is sysname, with no default.

[ @subscriber = ] N'subscriber'

The name of the Subscriber. @subscriber is sysname, with no default.

[ @subscriber_db = ] N'subscriber_db'

The name of the subscription database. @subscriber_db is sysname, with no default.

[ @level = ] level

The type of validation to perform. @level is tinyint, and can be one of these values.

Level value Description
1 Rowcount-only validation.
2 Rowcount and checksum validation.
3 Rowcount and binary checksum validation.

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Remarks

sp_validatemergesubscription is used in merge replication.

Permissions

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

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