functions/Get-DbaRepPublication.ps1
function Get-DbaRepPublication { <# .SYNOPSIS Displays all publications for a server or database. .DESCRIPTION Quickly find all transactional, merge, and snapshot publications on a specific server or database. .PARAMETER SqlInstance Allows you to specify a comma separated list of servers to query. .PARAMETER Database The database(s) to process. If unspecified, all databases will be processed. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Windows and SQL Authentication supported. Accepts credential objects (Get-Credential) .PARAMETER PublicationType Limit by specific type of publication. Valid choices include: Transactional, Merge, Snapshot .PARAMETER EnableException byng this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch. .NOTES Author: Colin Douglas Tags: Replication Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Get-DbaRepPublication .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaRepPublication -SqlInstance sql2008, sqlserver2012 Return all publications for servers sql2008 and sqlserver2012. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaRepPublication -SqlInstance sql2008 -Database TestDB Return all publications on server sql2008 for only the TestDB database .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaRepPublication -SqlInstance sql2008 -PublicationType Transactional Return all publications on server sql2008 for all databases that have Transactional publications #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance, [object[]]$Database, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [ValidateSet("Transactional", "Merge", "Snapshot")] [object[]]$PublicationType, [switch]$EnableException ) process { foreach ($instance in $SqlInstance) { # Connect to Publisher try { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Connecting to $instance" $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $instance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential -MinimumVersion 9 } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Failure" -Category ConnectionError -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $instance -Continue } $dbList = $server.Databases if ($Database) { $dbList = $dbList | Where-Object name -in $Database } $dbList = $dbList | Where-Object { ($_.ID -gt 4) -and ($_.status -ne "Offline") } foreach ($db in $dbList) { if (($db.ReplicationOptions -ne "Published") -and ($db.ReplicationOptions -ne "MergePublished")) { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Skipping $($db.name). Database is not published." } $repDB = Connect-ReplicationDB -Server $server -Database $db $pubTypes = $repDB.TransPublications + $repDB.MergePublications if ($PublicationType) { $pubTypes = $pubTypes | Where-Object Type -in $PublicationType } foreach ($pub in $pubTypes) { [PSCustomObject]@{ ComputerName = $server.ComputerName InstanceName = $server.InstanceName SqlInstance = $server.SqlInstance Server = $server.name Database = $db.name PublicationName = $pub.Name PublicationType = $pub.Type } } } } } } |