General tab

The General tab displays these fields:

Subscription text box – Enter the name you want to give the subscription.
Primary Connection – Select the name of the primary connection.
Replication Definition – Select the name of the database replication definition to which you want to subscribe.
Replicate Connection – Displays the name of the replicate connection. This field is filled in when you select the primary connection.
Materialization method – Select the materialization method to use.
- Bulk – Sets the subscription method to bulk materialization. Use this method if you need to initialize the replicate database outside the replication system.
- Bulk Create – Sets the subscription method to no materialization method. This means that you use create subscription with the without materialization clause. Use this method if you want to create a database subscription when the primary and replicate databases have been synchronized prior to subscription, or if activities at the primary database can be suspended.
- Use Dump Marker – Sets the subscription method to bulk materialization with dump and load coordination. Use this method if the primary database will be in use before bulk materialization is complete.
- None.
Subscribe to Truncate Table – Indicate whether to subscribe to the truncate table command.