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# IHpublishers (Transact-SQL)
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  The **IHpublishers** system table contains one row for each non-SQL Server Publisher using the current Distributor. This table is stored in the distribution database.  
  
## Definition  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**publisher_id**|**smallint**|Identifies a non-SQL Server Publisher.|  
|**vendor**|**sysname**|The name of the vendor for the non-SQL Server database.|  
|**publisher_guid**|**uniqueidentifier**|A GUID that identifies the non-SQL Server Publisher.|  
|**flush_request_time**|**datetime**|Indicates the date and time when the last change occurred to article metadata that required the Log Reader Agent to update its metadata cache.|  
|**version**|**sysname**|A text string that characterizes the version of the non-SQL Server Publisher.|  
  
## 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)   
 [sp_adddistpublisher (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-adddistpublisher-transact-sql.md)   
 [sp_changedistpublisher (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-changedistpublisher-transact-sql.md)   
 [sp_helpdistpublisher (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-helpdistpublisher-transact-sql.md)