Skip to content

sp-validatemergepublication-transact-sql.md

Latest commit

 

History

History
68 lines (49 loc) · 2.16 KB

sp-validatemergepublication-transact-sql.md

File metadata and controls

68 lines (49 loc) · 2.16 KB
title sp_validatemergepublication (Transact-SQL)
description Performs a publication-wide validation for which all subscriptions (push, pull, and anonymous) are validated once.
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_validatemergepublication
sp_validatemergepublication_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords
sp_validatemergepublication
dev_langs
TSQL

sp_validatemergepublication (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Performs a publication-wide validation for which all subscriptions (push, pull, and anonymous) are validated once. 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_validatemergepublication
    [ @publication = ] N'publication'
    , [ @level = ] level
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @publication = ] N'publication'

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

[ @level = ] level

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

Level value Description
1 Rowcount-only validation.
2 Rowcount and checksum validation. For [!INCLUDE ssVersion2005] Subscribers, this is automatically set to 3.
3 This is the recommended value.

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Remarks

sp_validatemergepublication is used in merge replication.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_validatemergepublication.

Related content