-- 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. EXEC sp_addmergepublication @publication = @publication, @description = N'Merge publication of AdventureWorks2012.', @allow_subscriber_initiated_snapshot = N'false'; -- 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 customer 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 snapshot agent job. DECLARE @publication AS sysname; SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesPersonMerge'; EXEC sp_startpublication_snapshot @publication = @publication; GO PRINT '*** Waiting for the initial snapshot.'; GO -- Create a temporary table to store the filtered data snapshot -- job information. CREATE TABLE #temp (id int, job_name sysname, job_id uniqueidentifier, dynamic_filter_login sysname NULL, dynamic_filter_hostname sysname NULL, dynamic_snapshot_location nvarchar(255), frequency_type int, frequency_interval int, frequency_subday_type int, frequency_subday_interval int, frequency_relative_interval int, frequency_recurrence_factor int, active_start_date int, active_end_date int, active_start_time int, active_end_time int ) -- Create each snapshot for a partition -- The initial snapshot must already be generated. DECLARE @publication AS sysname; DECLARE @jobname AS sysname DECLARE @hostname AS sysname SET @publication = N'AdvWorksSalesPersonMerge'; SET @hostname = N'adventure-works\Fernando'; WHILE NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sysmergepublications WHERE [name] = @publication AND snapshot_ready = 1) BEGIN WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:05' END -- Create a data partition by overriding HOST_NAME(). EXEC sp_addmergepartition @publication = @publication, @host_name = @hostname; -- Create the filtered data snapshot job, and use the returned -- information to start the job. EXEC sp_adddynamicsnapshot_job @publication = @publication, @host_name = @hostname; INSERT INTO #temp (id, job_name, job_id, dynamic_filter_login, dynamic_filter_hostname, dynamic_snapshot_location, frequency_type, frequency_interval, frequency_subday_type, frequency_subday_interval, frequency_relative_interval, frequency_recurrence_factor, active_start_date, active_end_date, active_start_time,active_end_time) EXEC sp_helpdynamicsnapshot_job; SELECT @jobname = (SELECT DISTINCT job_name FROM #temp WHERE dynamic_filter_hostname = @hostname); EXEC msdb..sp_start_job @job_name = @jobname; DROP TABLE #temp; GO