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# MSdbms (Transact-SQL)
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  The **MSdbms** table contains a master list of all versions of the database management systems (DBMS) supported for heterogeneous database replication. This table is stored in the **msdb** database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**dbms_id**|**int**|Identifies each unique DBMS and version.|  
|**dbms**|**sysname**|The DBMS name.<br /><br /> MSSQLSERVER<br /><br /> DB2<br /><br /> ORACLE<br /><br /> SYBASE|  
|**version**|**varchar(10)**|The DBMS version.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Heterogeneous Database Replication](../../relational-databases/replication/non-sql/heterogeneous-database-replication.md)   
 [Replication Tables &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-tables/replication-tables-transact-sql.md)   
 [Replication Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-views/replication-views-transact-sql.md)