DistributionDatabases Collection

The DistributionDatabases collection contains DistributionDatabase objects that expose the properties of Microsoft® SQL Server™ databases used by the replication Distributor for replicated image storage and other tasks.

Methods

Add Method	Remove Method (Collections)
Item Method	Script Method (Replication Objects)
Refresh Method

Remarks

The DistributionDatabases collection stores a list of distribution databases available at the Distributor. A Publisher using the Distributor selects a single distribution database for each publication managed by the Distributor.

With the DistributionDatabases collection, you can:

• Create a SQL Server database for Distributor use.
  
  
• Generate a Transact-SQL command batch to script database creation for all databases used by a Distributor.
  
  
• Remove a distribution database.

To remove a distribution database from the Distributor

1. Get a DistributionDatabase object from the DistributionDatabases collection of a connected Distributor object.
   
   
2. Use the Remove method.