sp_helpmergepartition (Transact-SQL)
Returns partition information for the specified merge publication. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on any database.
Syntax
sp_helpmergepartition [ @publication= ] 'publication' 
    [ , [ @suser_sname = ] 'suser_sname' ]
    [ , [ @host_name = ] 'host_name' ]
Arguments
[ @publication= ] 'publication'
Is the name of the publication. publication is sysname, with no default.[ @suser_sname= ] 'suser_sname'
Is the SUSER_SNAME value used to define a partition. suser_sname is sysname, with a default value of NULL. Supply this parameter to limit the result set to only partitions where SUSER_SNAME resolves to the supplied value.Note
When suser_sname is supplied, host_name must be NULL
[ @host_name= ] 'host_name'
Is the HOST_NAME value used to define a partition. host_name is sysname, with a default value of NULL. Supply this parameter to limit the result set to only partitions where HOST_NAME resolves to the supplied value.Note
When suser_sname is supplied, host_name must be NULL
Result Sets
Column name  | 
Data type  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|---|
partition  | 
int  | 
Identifies the Subscriber partition.  | 
host_name  | 
sysname  | 
Value used when creating the partition for a subscription that is filtered by the value of the HOST_NAME function at the Subscriber.  | 
suser_sname  | 
sysname  | 
Value used when creating the partition for a subscription that is filtered by the value of the SUSER_SNAME function at the Subscriber.  | 
dynamic_snapshot_location  | 
nvarchar(255)  | 
Location of the filtered data snapshot for the Subscriber's partition.  | 
date_refreshed  | 
datetime  | 
Last date that the snapshot job was run to generate the filtered data snapshot for the partition.  | 
dynamic_snapshot_jobid  | 
uniqueidentifier  | 
Identifies the job that creates the filtered data snapshot for a partition.  | 
Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Remarks
sp_helpmergepartition is used in merge replication.
Permissions
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role and the db_owner fixed database role can execute sp_helpmergepartition.
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