Before you can delete a primary article from a publication, you must first:
Delete all of the replicate articles that subscribe to that primary article in that publication
Suspend the primary database connection that contains the publication that the primary article resides in
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Because a primary article can reside in more than one publication, you can delete the primary article from one publication without deleting it from other publications. To be completely removed, a primary article must be deleted from all of the publications it resides in.
To delete an ASE Replicator primary article:
Select the primary Adaptive Server in the left pane.
Open the ASE Replicator folder under the primary Adaptive Server container.
Select a primary connection in the ASE Replicator folder.
Select a publication in the primary connection.
In the right pane, right-click the icon of the article you want to delete.
Select Delete.
Click Yes in the Question dialog box.