msdistributiondbs-transact-sql.md

title	MSdistributiondbs (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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MSdistributiondbs (Transact-SQL)

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The MSdistributiondbs table contains one row for each distribution database defined on the local Distributor. This table is stored in the msdb database.

Column name	Data type	Description
name	sysname	The name of the distribution database.
min_distretention	int	The minimum retention period, in hours, before transactions are deleted.
max_distretention	int	The maximum retention period, in hours, before transactions are deleted.
history_retention	int	The number of hours to retain history.

See Also

Replication Tables (Transact-SQL)
Replication Views (Transact-SQL)