Primary Article Properties sheet

Articles identify the database objects involved with replication. Primary articles identify the source of replicated transactions, that is, objects in the primary database.

Each object in the primary database can be identified by only one primary article, so there is a one-to-one relationship between a primary database object and a primary article.

Primary articles that publish tables can identify a subset of the columns in the table to be published. Primary articles that publish stored procedures can identify a subset of the input parameters to be published.

You must create each primary article in an existing publication, but after a primary article is created, you can add it to any number of publications. A primary article must belong to at least one publication, and it may belong to more than one publication.

For information about managing primary articles in Sybase Central, see the following topics: