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# Replication Functions - PUBLISHINGSERVERNAME
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  Returns the name of the originating Publisher for a published database participating in a database mirroring session. This function is executed at a Publisher instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] on the publication database. Use it to determine the original Publisher of the published database.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
PUBLISHINGSERVERNAME()  
```  
  
## Return Types  
 **nvarchar**  
  
## Remarks  
 PUBLISHINGSERVERNAME is used in all types of replication.  
  
 PUBLISHINGSERVERNAME is used when a database mirroring session exists on the publication database between the Publisher and a mirror partner instance.  
  
 This function must be executed within the context of a publication database. When PUBLISHINGSERVERNAME is executed on a publication database at the mirror server instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], the name of the Publisher instance from which the published database originates is returned. When this function is executed on a database at the mirror server instance that is not published or that is published from the mirror server instance after a failover, the name of the mirror server instance is returned. When this function is executed at the original Publisher instance, the name of the Publisher is returned.  
  
## See Also  
 [Database Mirroring and Replication (SQL Server)](../../database-engine/database-mirroring/database-mirroring-and-replication-sql-server.md)   
 [Replication Functions (Transact-SQL)](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/53702dee-de58-47d5-a552-7f32000f77d4)