The script below is available in MSDN. I used it a few months ago but it took me some time to find it again, so I decided to put it here for my own reference.
Purpose: find out information on distributor and publisher databases, articles, and publications in SQL Server replication.
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–********** Execute at the Distributor in the master database **********–
use master
go
–Is the current server a Distributor?
–Is the distribution database installed?
–Are there other Publishers using this Distributor?
exec sp_get_distributor
–Is the current server a Distributor?
select is_distributor from sys.servers where name=’repl_distributor’ and data_source=@@servername
–Which databases on the Distributor are distribution databases?
select name from sys.databases where is_distributor = 1
–What are the Distributor and distribution database properties?
exec sp_helpdistributor
exec sp_helpdistributiondb
exec sp_helpdistpublisher
–********** Execute at the Publisher in the master database **********–
–Which databases are published for replication and what type of replication?
exec sp_helpreplicationdboption
–Which databases are published using snapshot replication or transactional replication?
select name as tran_published_db from sys.databases where is_published = 1
–Which databases are published using merge replication?
select name as merge_published_db from sys.databases where is_merge_published = 1
–What are the properties for Subscribers that subscribe to publications at this Publisher?
exec sp_helpsubscriberinfo
–********** Execute at the Publisher in the publication database **********–
use AdventureWorks
go
–What are the snapshot and transactional publications in this database?
exec sp_helppublication
–What are the articles in snapshot and transactional publications in this database?
–REMOVE COMMENTS FROM NEXT LINE AND REPLACE
–exec sp_helparticle @publication=’
–What are the merge publications in this database?
exec sp_helpmergepublication
–What are the articles in merge publications in this database?
exec sp_helpmergearticle — to return information on articles for a single publication, specify @publication=’
–Which objects in the database are published?
select name as published_object, schema_id, is_published as is_tran_published, is_merge_published, is_schema_published
from sys.tables where is_published = 1 or is_merge_published = 1 or is_schema_published = 1
union
select name as published_object, schema_id, 0, 0, is_schema_published
from sys.procedures where is_schema_published = 1
union
select name as published_object, schema_id, 0, 0, is_schema_published
from sys.views where is_schema_published = 1
–Which columns are published in snapshot or transactional publications in this database?
select object_name(object_id) as tran_published_table, name as published_column from sys.columns where is_replicated = 1
–Which columns are published in merge publications in this database?
select object_name(object_id) as merge_published_table, name as published_column from sys.columns where is_merge_published = 1
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2 responses to “Find out distributor and publisher info in SQL Server replication”
This is very help full. Thanks a lot.
Pratik,
You are welcome. I am glad it helped!