Returns information about primary database fields (columns in tables, or input parameters in stored procedures) from the RASD.
owner.article
Owner qualification of article names is optional.
ra_helpfield authors
This command returns information about all fields in the current version of the article named authors in the RASD.
ra_helpfield authors, 00000000000210a400003334000700003334000699940000d413c50000000000
This command returns information about all fields in version 00000000000210a400003334000700003334000699940000d413c50000000000 of the article named “authors” in the RASD.
ra_helpfield authors, 00000000000210a400003334000700003334000699940000d413c50000000000, au_fname
This command returns information about the field named au_fname in version 00000000000210a400003334000700003334000699940000d413c50000000000 of the article named “authors” in the RASD.
All field information items are the values returned by the primary database when Replication Agent is initialized with the pdb_xlog init command.
If ra_helpfield is invoked with the article option, it returns information for all fields in the current version of the specified article in the RASD.
If ra_helpfield is invoked with the article and version options, it returns information for all fields in the specified version of the specified article in the RASD.
If ra_helpfield is invoked with the article, version, and field options, it returns information for the specified field in the specified version of the specified article in the RASD.
The ra_helpfield command is valid when Replication Agent is in either Admin, Replicating, or Replication Down state.
No results are returned by ra_helpfield if the RASD has not yet been initialized with the pdb_xlog init command.