sp_publication_validation (Transact-SQL MetaData) Definition

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Definition:

sys.sp_publication_validation(nvarchar @publication
, smallint @rowcount_only
, tinyint @full_or_fast
, bit @shutdown_agent
, nvarchar @publisher)

MetaData:

   
CREATE PROCEDURE sys.sp_publication_validation  
(  
    @publication     sysname,    --  publication 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  --   
    @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  
  
      
    --  Security Check  
    --  No reason anyone but Sysadmin or dbo of publishing db should run this  
    exec @retcode = sys.sp_MSreplcheck_publish  
    if @@error <> 0 or @retcode <> 0  
    begin  
        return (1)  
    end  
      
    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'dbo.sp_MSpublication_validation '  
  
        EXEC @retcode = @cmd  
                @publication,  
                @rowcount_only,  
                @full_or_fast,  
                @shutdown_agent  
                      
    end  
    else  
    begin  
        --  Heterogeneous articles are handled directly by sp_IHpublication_validation  
        SET @publisher = UPPER(@publisher) COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT  
        set @cmd = @cmd + N'sys.sp_IHpublication_validation '  
  
        EXEC @retcode = @cmd  
                @publication,  
                @rowcount_only,  
                @full_or_fast,  
                @shutdown_agent,  
                @publisher  
    end      
  
    RETURN (@retcode)  
END