Format of Origin Queue ID

Each record in the transaction log is identified by an origin queue ID that consists of 64 hexadecimal characters (32 bytes). The format of the origin queue ID is determined by the Replication Agent instance and varies according to the primary database type.

Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server Origin Queue ID Format

Character

Bytes

Description

0–3

2

Database generation ID

4–11

4

Virtual file sequence number

12–19

4

Page start offset

20–23

2

Operation number

24–31

4

Available for specifying uniqueness

32–39

4

Oldest active transaction: virtual file sequence number

40–47

4

Oldest active transaction: page start offset

48–51

2

Oldest active transaction: operation number

52–59

4

Latest committed transaction: page start offset

60–63

2

Latest committed transaction: operation number