sp_setreptable

Syntax

sp_setreptable [table_name [, {'true' | 'false' | 'never'} 
     [, {owner_on | owner_off | null}] [, use_index]]]

Parameters

table_name – The name of the table marked for replication.
true – Explicitly marks the table for replication, regardless of whether the database is marked for replication or not.
false – Disables the replication status on a table that has previously been enabled for replication.
never – Disables replication on the table, regardless of the database replication setting.
owner_on – Sets the mode of the table so that both the table name and owner name are considered when the table is marked for replication. Enables tables with the same name but different owner be replicated. This option is for Adaptive Server version 11.5 and later databases.
owner_off – Sets the mode of the table so that only the table name is considered when the table is marked for replication. This is the default. It ensures that the name for each table marked for replication is unique. This option is for Adaptive Server version 11.5 and later databases.
null – Sets the default value of owner_off when you pass it to the owner parameter.
use_index – Marks the table to use an index for replication on text, unitext, image, or rawobjects columns.
The use_index option only takes effect in tables with LOB columns that you created with versions of Adaptive Server earlier than 15.7 SP100. With Adaptive Server 15.7 SP100, use_index is deprecated because the information RepAgent needs to replicate LOB columns is already available in the form of backlinking pointers and therefore RepAgent ignores use_index when you upgrade the database to version 15.7 SP100 and later.

Examples

Example 1 – Displays the replication status for all of the tables in the current database that you had marked for replication with sp_setreptable:
```
sp_setreptable
```
Example 2 – Displays the replication status for the publishers table:
```
sp_setreptable publishers
```
Example 3 – Enables replication for the publishers table:
```
sp_setreptable publishers, 'true'
```
Example 4 – Allows multiple tables named publishers each owned by different users to be replicated:
```
sp_setreptable publishers, 'true', owner_on
```
Example 5 – Replicates table named publishers belonging to owner dbo and stored in database pubs2:
```
sp_setreptable 'pubs2.dbo.publishers', 'true', owner_on
```
Example 7 – Removes the replication status of table t1, and drops the replication indexes if t1 was initially marked for replication to use indexes:
```
sp_setreptable t1, 'false' 
```
Example 8 – To disable replication on table tnever in database pdb, use:
```
sp_reptostandby pdb, 'ALL'
go
sp_setreptable tnever, 'never'
go
```

Usage

Use sp_setreptable with no parameters to display a list of replicated tables in the database.
Use sp_setreptable table_name without true or false to display the current replication status of the table.
When you include the owner_on option, multiple tables with the same table name but different owners may be replicated to replicate and warm standby databases. Make sure that the replication definition on the table also includes owner information or replication may fail.
If a table has been marked for replication with sp_setreptable, you can change the owner mode with the sp_setrepdefmode system procedure.
The replication index status order of precedence is: column, table, database. For example, in a database marked for replication using indexes, the table status overrides the index status.
When a large table containing one or more text, unitext, image, or rawobject columns is marked for replication, the internal process is performed in a single transaction and may take a long time. To speed up the process, use the use_index option to create a global nonclustered index for every text, unitext, image, or rawobject column.
With use_index, a shared-table lock is held while the global nonclustered index is created.
Replication of the Transact-SQL writetext command requires access to the data row pointing to the text page where the database stores the LOB data. To allow access to this data row, Adaptive Server uses either a backlink pointer in the first text page or indexes created for replication. The process of creating indexes at the column, table or database level requires an intensive operation to provide the information to support replication.

With an Adaptive Server version 15.7 SP100 and later database that you did not upgrade from an earlier version, sp_reptostandby takes effect immediately because by default, Adaptive Server creates and maintains text and image backlinking pointers to the database. Therefore, setting up replication for a table does not require the creation of indexes. Adaptive Server ignores the use_index parameter if the information needed to replicate LOB columns is already available in the form of backlinkingpointers.

However, if you have upgraded from, or are using a database that you created with a version of Adaptive Server earlier than 15.7 SP100, setting up replication may take a longer time due to the creation of indexes. To reduce processing time, run dbcc shrinkdb_setup at the relevant level—column, table, or database, to create backlinking pointers and to ensure the backlinking status is up to date.

dbcc shrinkdb_setup marks as suspect, replication indexes of columns, tables, or databases that you previously marked with use_index. You can use dbcc reindex to drop indexes for these objects if you do not require the indexes any longer.
You cannot use drop index to manually drop indexes created for text, unitext, image, or rawobject replication. You can use only the supported replication stored procedures sp_reptostandby, sp_setreptable, and sp_setrepcol to change the replication index status.

Permissions

sp_setreptable requires “sa” or “dbo” permission or replication_role.