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# syssubscriptions (Transact-SQL)
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Contains one row for each subscription in the database. This table is stored in the publication database.
|Column name|Data type|Description|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|**artid**|**int**|The unique ID of an article.|
|**srvid**|**smallint**|The server ID of the Subscriber.|
|**dest_db**|**sysname**|The name of the destination database.|
|**status**|**tinyint**|The status of the subscription:
**0** = Inactive.
**1** = Subscribed.
**2** = Active.|
|**sync_type**|**tinyint**|The type of initial synchronization:
**1** = Automatic.
**2** = None|
|**login_name**|**sysname**|The login name used when adding the subscription.|
|**subscription_type**|**int**|The type of subscription:
0 = Push - the distribution agent runs at the Distributor.
1 = Pull - the distribution agent runs at the Subscriber.|
|**distribution_jobid**|**binary(16)**|The job ID of the Distribution Agent.|
|**timestamp**|**timestamp**|The timestamp.|
|**update_mode**|**tinyint**|The update mode:
**0** = Read only.
**1** = Immediate-updating.|
|**loopback_detection**|**bit**|Applies to subscriptions that are part of a bidirectional transactional replication topology. Loopback detection determines whether the Distribution Agent sends transactions originated at the Subscriber back to the Subscriber:
**0** = Sends back.
**1** = Does not send back.|
|**queued_reinit**|**bit**|Specifies whether the article is marked for initialization or reinitialization. A value of **1** specifies that the subscribed article is marked for initialization or reinitialization.|
|**nosync_type**|**tinyint**|The type of subscription initialization:
**0** = automatic (snapshot)
**1** = replication support only
**2** = initialize with backup
**3** = initialize from log sequence number (LSN)
For more information, see the **@sync_type** parameter of [sp_addsubscription](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-addsubscription-transact-sql.md).|
|**srvname**|**sysname**|The name of the Subscriber.|
## See Also
[Replication Tables (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/replication-tables-transact-sql.md)
[Replication Views (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-views/replication-views-transact-sql.md)