Output Templates

Replication Server uses output templates to determine the format of the command sent to a data server. You can alter output templates to customize function strings.

Most output templates use one of three formats: language, RPC or none, corresponding to the format of the function string itself.

An output template for an rs_writetext function string can use the RPC format or one of the additional formats—writetext or none, but not a language output template.

• Language Output Templates
  Language output templates contain text that the data server interprets as commands.
• RPC Output Templates
  Unlike language output templates, Replication Server interprets the contents of RPC output templates.
• Output Templates That Use the none Parameter
  You can increase function-string efficiency when you create or alter function strings by using the none parameter to identify class-level and table-level function strings that do not have output commands. Replication Server does not execute these function strings on replicate databases.
• Output Templates for rs_writetext Function Strings
  Replication Server supports three output formats for creating an rs_writetext function string: RPC, none, and writetext. The writetext output template can only be used in rs_writetext function strings.