Tag Archive for: Transactional SQL Server Replication Toolbox Scripts

During the last few years I’ve worked extensively with transactional replication and have written a handful of scripts that have found a permanent home in my “useful scripts” toolbox. I’ve provided these scripts as downloads whenever I’ve presented about replication…but not everyone who has worked with replication has been to one of my presentations (or had access to the downloads afterwards) so I’m posting them in this Transactional SQL Server Replication Toolbox Scripts series.

The first script in my toolbox shows all of the articles and columns in each article for all transactional publications in a published database. It’s pretty straightforward – just execute the script in the published database on the publisher. Note that because it uses the FOR XML PATH directive it must be run on SQL 2005 or higher.

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Transactional SQL Server Replication Toolbox Scripts: Show Articles and Columns for All Publications 

Description: 
   Shows articles and columns for each article for all transactional publications 

   (C) 2013, Kendal Van Dyke (mailto:[email protected]) 

Version History: 
   v1.00 (2013-01-29) 

License: 
   This query is free to download and use for personal, educational, and internal 
   corporate purposes, provided that this header is preserved. Redistribution or sale 
   of this query, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the author's express 
   written consent. 

Note: 
   Execute this query in the published database on the PUBLISHER 

   Because this query uses FOR XML PATH('') it requires SQL 2005 or higher 
   
*********************************************************************************************/ 

SELECT 
   syspublications.name AS "Publication", 
   sysarticles.name AS "Article", 
   STUFF( 
       ( 
           SELECT ', ' + syscolumns.name AS [text()] 
           FROM sysarticlecolumns WITH (NOLOCK) 
               INNER JOIN syscolumns WITH (NOLOCK) ON sysarticlecolumns.colid = syscolumns.colorder 
           WHERE sysarticlecolumns.artid = sysarticles.artid 
               AND sysarticles.objid = syscolumns.id 
           ORDER BY syscolumns.colorder 
           FOR XML PATH('') 
       ), 1, 2, '' 
   ) AS "Columns" FROM syspublications WITH (NOLOCK) 
   INNER JOIN sysarticles WITH (NOLOCK) ON syspublications.pubid = sysarticles.pubid 
ORDER BY syspublications.name, sysarticles.name