sp_article_validation (Transact-SQL MetaData) Definition

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Definition:

sys.sp_article_validation(nvarchar @publication
, nvarchar @article
, smallint @rowcount_only
, tinyint @full_or_fast
, bit @shutdown_agent
, bit @subscription_level
, int @reserved
, nvarchar @publisher)

MetaData:

   
CREATE PROCEDURE sys.sp_article_validation  
(  
    @publication     sysname,    --  publication name  --   
    @article     sysname,    --  article name  --   
    @rowcount_only     smallint = 1,    --  type of check requested  --          
    @full_or_fast     tinyint = 2,    --  full (0) fast (1), or conditional fast (2)  method to calculate rowcount  --   
    @shutdown_agent bit = 0,    --  shut down agent after validation if 1  --   
    @subscription_level bit = 0,    --  Whether or not the validation is only picked up by a set of subscribers  --   
    @reserved     int = NULL,    --  If not null, the sp is called from sp_publication_validation  --   
    @publisher     sysname = NULL    --  only non-null for heterogeneous publishers  --       
)  
AS  
BEGIN  
    DECLARE @cmd            nvarchar(4000)  
    DECLARE @retcode        int  
    DECLARE @publisher_type    sysname  
  
    SET @retcode = 0  
      
    EXEC @retcode = sys.sp_MSrepl_getpublisherinfo    @publisher      = @publisher,  
                                                    @publisher_type    = @publisher_type OUTPUT,  
                                                    @rpcheader      = @cmd OUTPUT  
      
    IF @retcode <> 0  
        RETURN (@retcode)  
  
    if (@publisher_type = 'MSSQLSERVER')  
    begin  
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'sys.sp_MSarticle_validation '  
        EXEC @retcode = @cmd  
                    @publication,  
                    @article,  
                    @rowcount_only,  
                    @full_or_fast,  
                    @shutdown_agent,  
                    @subscription_level,  
                    @reserved  
    end  
    else  
    begin  
        --  Heterogeneous articles are handled directly by sp_IHarticle_validation  
        SET @publisher = UPPER(@publisher) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT  
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'sys.sp_IHarticle_validation '  
  
        EXEC @retcode = @cmd  
                    @publication,  
                    @article,  
                    @rowcount_only,  
                    @full_or_fast,  
                    @shutdown_agent,  
                    @subscription_level,  
                    @reserved,  
                    @publisher,  
                    @publisher_type  
    end      
  
    RETURN (@retcode)  
END