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# sysmergearticlecolumns (Transact-SQL)
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  The **sysmergearticlecolumns** table contains one row for each table column that is published in a merge publication, and maps each column to its merge article. This table is stored in the publication database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**artid**|**int**|Identifies an article.|  
|**colid**|**smallint**|Identifies a column in an article.|  
  
## 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)