Editing a Replication Definition

Edit a replication definition, and save it to the server, as a template, or to a different project.

Prerequisites 

Make sure the Replication Server is running. Create and establish a connection to the server.

  1. Expand the view for your Replication Server connection profile, right-click a primary database in which to edit the replication definition, and expand the folder appropriate for the kind of replication definition you want to edit: database, function, or table.
  2. Right-click the replication definition and select Edit.

    Both the original replication definition and an automatically generated alter command skeleton display.

  3. Edit the command skeleton.
  4. Right-click in the editor window and select a save option.
    Menu option Description
    Save as Template Save the SQL as a template that can be reinserted in future editor sessions. In the New Template wizard:
    1. Specify a name and context for the template.
    2. (Optional) Specify a template description.
    3. In the Pattern field, manually edit the template definition.
    4. Select Insert Variable to generate a list of variables, and select one to insert at the cursor position.
    5. Click OK to save the new template.
    Save As Specify project information and a file name.
    Save to Server Save the artifact to the Replication Server on which it currently resides.
Related concepts
Replication Definition
Related tasks
Creating a Replication Definition
Creating a Database Replication Definition
Creating a Function Replication Definition
Creating a Table Replication Definition
Dropping a Replication Definition


Created June 25, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com