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# IHpublishercolumns (Transact-SQL)
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  The **IHpublishercolumns** system table represents metadata stored at the publisher. This table contains one row for each column replicated from non-SQL Server Publishers using the current Distributor. Data type information in **IHpublishercolumns** is specific to the non-SQL Server database management system (DBMS) from which the data is published. This table is stored in the distribution database.  
  
## Definition  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**publishercolumn_id**|**int**|Identifies a published column.|  
|**table_id**|**int**|Identifies the source table from [IHpublishertables](../../relational-databases/system-tables/ihpublishertables-transact-sql.md) to which the column belongs.|  
|**publisher_id**|**smallint**|Identifies the non-SQL Server Publisher from which the column is being published.|  
|**name**|**sysname**|The name of the published column.|  
|**column_ordinal**|**int**|Identifies the column by order.|  
|**type**|**varchar(255)**|The column data type of the source column at Publisher.|  
|**length**|**bigint**|The length of the source column at Publisher.|  
|**prec**|**int**|The precision of the source column at Publisher.|  
|**scale**|**int**|The scale of the source column at Publisher.|  
|**isnullable**|**bit**|Indicates whether the column accepts NULL values, where **1** means that NULL values are accepted.|  
|**iscaptured**|**bit**|Indicates whether a trigger exists on the column, which may exist even if the column in not published in an article. A value of **1** means that the trigger exists on the column.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Heterogeneous Database Replication](../../relational-databases/replication/non-sql/heterogeneous-database-replication.md)   
 [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)   
 [sysarticlecolumns (System View) (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-views/sysarticlecolumns-system-view-transact-sql.md)   
 [sysarticlecolumns (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/sysarticlecolumns-transact-sql.md)