MergeArticle.ColumnTracking Property

Gets or sets how conflicts are detected when synchronizing data rows.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in microsoft.sqlserver.rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ColumnTracking As Boolean

public bool ColumnTracking { get; set; }

public:
property bool ColumnTracking {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

/** @property */
public boolean get_ColumnTracking ()

/** @property */
public void set_ColumnTracking (boolean value)

public function get ColumnTracking () : boolean

public function set ColumnTracking (value : boolean)

Property Value

A Boolean value. If true, each column in a row is evaluated separately for conflicts. If false, the entire row is evaluated to determine conflicts.

Remarks

If ColumnTracking is set to true, each column in a changed row is evaluated separately for conflicts. For example, column-level tracking enabled, if the Publisher and Subscriber both modify the same row but each modifies a different set of columns, no conflict is found and all changes are merged. If ColumnTracking is set to false, changes in the same row are determined to be in conflict.

If you set ColumnTracking after the initial snapshot has been created, a new snapshot must be generated.

If row tracking is used for conflict detection (the default), the base table can include a maximum of 1,024 columns, but columns must be filtered from the article so that a maximum of 246 columns is published. If column tracking is used, the base table can include a maximum of 246 columns. For more information on the tracking level, see the "Tracking Level" section of How Merge Replication Detects and Resolves Conflicts.

The ColumnTracking property can be retrieved by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher and at the Subscriber (for republishing Subscribers). It can also be retrieved by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database, by members of the replmonitor fixed database role at the Distributor, and by users who are members of the publication access list (PAL).

The ColumnTracking property can be set by members of the sysadmin fixed server role at the Publisher. It can also be set by members of the db_owner fixed database role on the publication database.

Retrieving ColumnTracking is equivalent to executing sp_helpmergearticle (Transact-SQL).

Setting ColumnTracking is equivalent to executing sp_addmergearticle (Transact-SQL) or sp_changemergearticle (Transact-SQL).

The ColumnTracking property is available with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

MergeArticle Class
MergeArticle Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication Namespace