MergePublication.RemoveMergePartition(MergePartition) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication

Assembly:: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll

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Removes an existing Subscriber partition defined on the merge publication.

public:
 void RemoveMergePartition(Microsoft::SqlServer::Replication::MergePartition ^ mergePartition);

public void RemoveMergePartition (Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.MergePartition mergePartition);

member this.RemoveMergePartition : Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.MergePartition -> unit

Public Sub RemoveMergePartition (mergePartition As MergePartition)

Parameters

mergePartition: MergePartition

The merge partition to be removed.

Examples

// Define the Publisher, publication, and databases.
string publicationName = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge";
string publisherName = publisherInstance;
string subscriberName = subscriberInstance;
string subscriptionDbName = "AdventureWorks2012Replica";
string publicationDbName = "AdventureWorks2012";

//Create connections to the Publisher and Subscriber.
ServerConnection subscriberConn = new ServerConnection(subscriberName);
ServerConnection publisherConn = new ServerConnection(publisherName);

// Create the objects that we need.
MergePublication publication;
MergePullSubscription subscription;

try
{
    // Connect to the Subscriber.
    subscriberConn.Connect();

    // Define the pull subscription.
    subscription = new MergePullSubscription();
    subscription.ConnectionContext = subscriberConn;
    subscription.PublisherName = publisherName;
    subscription.PublicationName = publicationName;
    subscription.PublicationDBName = publicationDbName;
    subscription.DatabaseName = subscriptionDbName;

    // Define the publication.
    publication = new MergePublication();
    publication.Name = publicationName;
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName;
    publication.ConnectionContext = publisherConn;

    // Delete the pull subscription, if it exists.
    if (subscription.IsExistingObject)
    {
        // Delete the pull subscription at the Subscriber.
        subscription.Remove();

        if (publication.LoadProperties())
        {
            publication.RemovePullSubscription(subscriberName, subscriptionDbName);
        }
        else
        {
            // Do something here if the publication does not exist.
            throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                "The publication '{0}' does not exist on {1}.",
                publicationName, publisherName));
        }
    }
    else
    {
        throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
            "The subscription to {0} does not exist on {1}",
            publicationName, subscriberName));
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // Implement the appropriate error handling here.
    throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
        "The subscription to {0} could not be deleted.", publicationName), ex);
}
finally
{
    subscriberConn.Disconnect();
    publisherConn.Disconnect();
}

' Define the Publisher, publication, and databases.
Dim publicationName As String = "AdvWorksSalesOrdersMerge"
Dim publisherName As String = publisherInstance
Dim subscriberName As String = subscriberInstance
Dim subscriptionDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2012Replica"
Dim publicationDbName As String = "AdventureWorks2012"

'Create connections to the Publisher and Subscriber.
Dim subscriberConn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(subscriberName)
Dim publisherConn As ServerConnection = New ServerConnection(publisherName)

' Create the objects that we need.
Dim publication As MergePublication
Dim subscription As MergePullSubscription

Try
    ' Connect to the Subscriber.
    subscriberConn.Connect()

    ' Define the pull subscription.
    subscription = New MergePullSubscription()
    subscription.ConnectionContext = subscriberConn
    subscription.PublisherName = publisherName
    subscription.PublicationName = publicationName
    subscription.PublicationDBName = publicationDbName
    subscription.DatabaseName = subscriptionDbName

    ' Define the publication.
    publication = New MergePublication()
    publication.Name = publicationName
    publication.DatabaseName = publicationDbName
    publication.ConnectionContext = publisherConn

    ' Delete the pull subscription, if it exists.
    If subscription.IsExistingObject Then

        ' Delete the pull subscription at the Subscriber.
        subscription.Remove()

        If publication.LoadProperties() Then
            publication.RemovePullSubscription(subscriberName, subscriptionDbName)
        Else
            ' Do something here if the publication does not exist.
            Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
             "The publication '{0}' does not exist on {1}.", _
             publicationName, publisherName))
        End If
    Else
        Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
         "The subscription to {0} does not exist on {1}", _
         publicationName, subscriberName))
    End If
Catch ex As Exception
    ' Implement the appropriate error handling here.
    Throw New ApplicationException(String.Format( _
        "The subscription to {0} could not be deleted.", publicationName), ex)
Finally
    subscriberConn.Disconnect()
    publisherConn.Disconnect()
End Try

Remarks

Calling RemoveMergePartition is equivalent to executing sp_dropmergepartition.

The RemoveMergePartition method can only be called by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher or by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Applies to