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# MSarticles (Transact-SQL)
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  The **MSarticles** table contains one row for each article being replicated by a Publisher. This table is stored in the distribution database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**publisher_id**|**smallint**|The ID of the Publisher.|  
|**publisher_db**|**sysname**|The name of the Publisher database.|  
|**publication_id**|**int**|The ID of the publication.|  
|**article**|**sysname**|The name of the article.|  
|**article_id**|**int**|The ID of the article.|  
|**destination_object**|**sysname**|The name of the table created at the Subscriber.|  
|**source_owner**|**sysname**|The name of the schema of the source table at the Publisher.|  
|**source_object**|**sysname**|The name of the source object from which to add the article.|  
|**description**|**nvarchar(255)**|The description of the article.|  
|**destination_owner**|**sysname**|The name of the schema of the table created at 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)