-- To avoid storing the login and password in the script file, the value -- is passed into SQLCMD as a scripting variable. For information about -- how to use scripting variables on the command line and in SQL Server -- Management Studio, see the "Executing Replication Scripts" section in -- the topic "Programming Replication Using System Stored Procedures". --Add a new merge publication. DECLARE @publicationdb AS sysname; DECLARE @publication AS sysname; DECLARE @table1 AS sysname; DECLARE @table2 AS sysname; DECLARE @filter AS sysname; DECLARE @schema_hr AS sysname; DECLARE @schema_sales AS sysname; SET @publicationdb = N'AdventureWorks2012'; SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesPersonMerge'; SET @table1 = N'Employee'; SET @table2 = N'SalesPerson'; SET @filter = N'SalesPerson_Employee'; SET @schema_hr = N'HumanResources'; SET @schema_sales = N'Sales'; USE [AdventureWorks2012]; -- Enable AdventureWorks2012 for merge replication. EXEC sp_replicationdboption @dbname = @publicationdb, @optname = N'merge publish', @value = N'true'; -- Create new merge publication with Subscriber requested snapshot -- and using the default agent schedule. EXEC sp_addmergepublication @publication = @publication, @description = N'Merge publication of AdventureWorks2012.', @allow_subscriber_initiated_snapshot = N'true', @publication_compatibility_level = N'90RTM'; -- Create a new snapshot job for the publication, using the default schedule. -- Pass credentials at runtime using sqlcmd scripting variables. EXEC sp_addpublication_snapshot @publication = @publication, @job_login = $(login), @job_password = $(password); -- Add an article for the Employee table, -- which is horizontally partitioned using -- a parameterized row filter. EXEC sp_addmergearticle @publication = @publication, @article = @table1, @source_owner = @schema_hr, @source_object = @table1, @type = N'table', @description = 'contains employee information', @subset_filterclause = N'[LoginID] = HOST_NAME()'; -- Add an article for the SalesPerson table, -- which is partitioned based on a join filter. EXEC sp_addmergearticle @publication = @publication, @article = @table2, @source_owner = @schema_sales, @source_object = @table2, @type = N'table', @description = 'contains salesperson information'; -- Add a join filter between the two articles. EXEC sp_addmergefilter @publication = @publication, @article = @table1, @filtername = @filter, @join_articlename = @table2, @join_filterclause = N'[Employee].[BusinessEntityID] = [SalesPerson].[SalesPersonID]', @join_unique_key = 1, @filter_type = 1; GO -- Start the agent job to generate the full snapshot for the publication. -- The filtered data snapshot is generated automatically the first time -- the subscription is synchronized. DECLARE @publication AS sysname; SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesPersonMerge'; EXEC sp_startpublication_snapshot @publication = @publication; GO