subscriber_id in MSSubscriptions table. Where is it defined?

  • Looking in the MSsubscriptions system table i notice there is a subscriber_id. Where is this id coming from? Is there a table who holds a distinct list of the subscriber's? If so i can't find it. If it doesn't exist can someone please in the simplest terms explain why?

    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MSsubscriptions](

    [publisher_database_id] [int] NOT NULL,

    [publisher_id] [smallint] NOT NULL,

    [publisher_db] [sysname] NOT NULL,

    [publication_id] [int] NOT NULL,

    [article_id] [int] NOT NULL,

    [subscriber_id] [smallint] NOT NULL,

    [subscriber_db] [sysname] NOT NULL,

    [subscription_type] [int] NOT NULL,

    [sync_type] [tinyint] NOT NULL,

    [status] [tinyint] NOT NULL,

    [subscription_seqno] [varbinary](16) NOT NULL,

    [snapshot_seqno_flag] [bit] NOT NULL,

    [independent_agent] [bit] NOT NULL,

    [subscription_time] [datetime] NOT NULL,

    [loopback_detection] [bit] NOT NULL,

    [agent_id] [int] NOT NULL,

    [update_mode] [tinyint] NOT NULL,

    [publisher_seqno] [varbinary](16) NOT NULL,

    [ss_cplt_seqno] [varbinary](16) NOT NULL,

    [nosync_type] [tinyint] NOT NULL

    ) ON [PRIMARY]

  • i found where it is being defined.

    it appears the subscriber_id is coming from the srvid in the master.dbo.sysservers table

  • Nope it is table [dbo].[MSreplservers] in distribution database. It can be misleading as sometimes server_id from [sys].[servers] can be the same as srvid [dbo].[MSreplservers]. Check how MS is doing queries in distribution database procedure [sys].[sp_MSrepl_enumsubscriptions] .

    S pozdravom/Best regards

    Tomáš Rybnický
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    email: tomas.rybnicky@wetory.eu
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