RCL commands

This section summarizes new and changed RCL commands for Replication Server 12.6.

Table 7-5 describes new commands.

**Table 7-5: New Transact-SQL® commands**
Command	Description
alter database replication definition	Changes a database replication definition.
create database replication definition	Creates a replication definition that describes a database or database objects for replication.
drop database replication definition	Deletes a database replication definition.

Table 7-6 describes changed commands.

**Table 7-6: Changed commands**
Command	Description of enhancements
activate subscription	Starts the distribution of updates from the primary to the replicate database and sets the database subscription status to ACTIVE.
check subscription	Checks the materialization status of a subscription to a database replication definition.
create subscription	Creates a subscription for a database replication definition.
define subscription	Defines a subscription for a database replication definition.
drop subscription	Drops a subscription for a database replication definition.
validate subscription	Sets the status of a database subscription to VALID.