sp_MSvalidatearticle (Transact-SQL MetaData) Definition

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Definition:

sys.sp_MSvalidatearticle(uniqueidentifier @artid
, uniqueidentifier @pubid
, int @validation_type
, tinyint @full_or_fast)

MetaData:

   
create procedure sys.sp_MSvalidatearticle  
    @artid      uniqueidentifier,  
    @pubid      uniqueidentifier,  
    @expected_rowcount bigint = NULL OUTPUT,  
    @expected_checksum numeric = NULL OUTPUT,  
    @validation_type int = NULL,  
    @full_or_fast tinyint = 2  
as  
    declare @objid int  
    declare @syncobjid int  
    declare @owner sysname  
    declare @object sysname  
    declare @view_type tinyint  
    declare @temp_view tinyint  
    declare @retcode int  
    declare @rowcount_only int  
    declare @source_objid int  
    declare @column_list nvarchar(max)  
    --   
    --  Check to see if current publication has permission  
     --   
    if ({fn ISPALUSER(@pubid)} <> 1)  
    begin  
        if (@pubid is NULL)  
        begin  
            RAISERROR (21723, 16, -1, 'sp_MSvalidatearticle')  
            return 1  
        end  
        else  
        begin  
            RAISERROR (14126, 11, -1)  
            return 1  
        end  
    end  
      
    --    
    The @rowcount_only param is overloaded for shiloh release due to backward compatibility concerns.  
    In shiloh, the checksum functionality has changed.   So 7.0 subscribers will have the old checksum   
    routines, which generate different CRC values, and do not have functionality for vertical partitions,  
    or logical table structures where column offsets differ (due to ALTER TABLEs that DROP and ADD columns).  
  
    In 7.0, this was a bit column.  0 meant do not do just a rowcount - do a checksum.  1 meant just do a   
    rowcount.  
  
    For Shiloh, this parameter is changed to a smallint with these options:  
    0 - Do a 7.0 compatible checksum  
    1 - Do a rowcount check only  
    2 - Use new Shiloh checksum functionality.  Note that because 7.0 subscribers will   
    take this parameter as a bit type, not a smallint, it will be interpreted as simply  
    ON.  That means that passing a 2, and having a 7.0 subscriber, will result in the 7.0  
    subscriber doing only rowcount validation.   The Shiloh subscribers will do both  
    rowcount and checksum.  If you want 7.0 subscribers to do checksum validation, use   
    the value of 0 for this parameter.   Shiloh subscribers can do the 7.0 compatible   
    checksum, but that checksum has the same 7.0 limitations for vertical partitions   
    and differences in physical table structure.)  
     --   
    if @validation_type = 3 or @validation_type = 2  
        set @rowcount_only  = 2  
    else  
        set @rowcount_only  = 1  
  
    select @syncobjid = sync_objid, @objid = objid, @view_type = view_type from  
                dbo.sysmergearticles where pubid = @pubid and artid = @artid  
    select @source_objid = @objid         
    if (@syncobjid is not null and @syncobjid <> 0)  
        set @objid = @syncobjid  
    select @object = name, @owner = SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) from sys.objects where object_id = @objid  
        --  if sync object is a temp view, we can't do this...  
    set @temp_view = 2  
    if @view_type = @temp_view  
    begin  
        RAISERROR (20069, 16, -1)  
        return 1  
    end  
    -- else if (@view_type = 1 and @rowcount_only = 0)  
    -- begin  
    --     RAISERROR (21017, 16, -1)  
    --     return 1  
    -- end  
    --  call with blob_cols_at_the_end =0 so we get the actual order of the columns in the article not non-blob followed by  
    --  blob  
    exec @retcode = sys.sp_MSgetviewcolumnlist @pubid, @source_objid, @column_list OUTPUT, @blob_cols_at_the_end=0  
    if @@ERROR<>0 OR @retcode <> 0  
        return @retcode  
  
    exec @retcode = sys.sp_MStable_validation @object, @expected_rowcount OUTPUT, @expected_checksum  OUTPUT, @rowcount_only, @owner, @full_or_fast, 0, NULL, @column_list  
    if @@error<>0 return(1)  
    return @retcode