Chris Skorlinski
Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Services

The code below helps decrypt @schema_option settings for Transaction Replication articles. Note the meaning of binary offset may change in future builds of SQL Server. Always check Microsoft docs for most accurate listing. You’ll find scheme_options listing documented at sp_addarticle.

 

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–******TRANSACTIONAL REPLICATION******

DECLARE @SchemaOption binary(8)

DECLARE @intermediate binary(8)

DECLARE @OptionsInText varchar(2000)

SET @OptionsInText =
‘ **SCHEMA OPTIONS HERE ARE** ‘

SET @OptionsInText = @OptionsInText +
char(13)
+
‘—————————————‘

 

—————————-

–Set the schema_option value that you want to decrypt here

SET @schemaoption =
<<<Your Schema
Option here>>>
—Replace the value here

——————————

 

SET
NOCOUNT
ON

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x01 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000001

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x01 – Generates the object creation script (CREATE TABLE, CREATE PROCEDURE, and so on). This value is the default for stored procedure articles.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x02 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000002

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x02 – Generates the stored procedures that propagate changes for the article, if defined.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x04 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000004

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x04 – Identity columns are scripted using the IDENTITY property.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x08 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000008

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x08 – Replicate timestamp columns. If not set, timestamp columns are replicated as binary.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x10 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000010

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x10 – Generates a corresponding clustered index. Even if this option is not set, indexes related to primary keys and unique constraints are generated if they are already defined on a published table.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x20 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000020

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x20 – Converts user-defined data types (UDT) to base data types at the Subscriber. This option cannot be used when there is a CHECK or DEFAULT constraint on a UDT column, if a UDT column is part of the primary key, or if a computed column references a UDT column. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.’

 

SET @intermediate =
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x40 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000040

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x40 – Generates corresponding nonclustered indexes. Even if this option is not set, indexes related to primary keys and unique constraints are generated if they are already defined on a published table.’

 

SET @intermediate =
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x80 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000080

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x80 – Replicates primary key constraints. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated, even if options 0x10 and 0x40 are not enabled.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x100 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000100

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x100 – Replicates user triggers on a table article, if defined. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x200 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000200

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x200 – Replicates foreign key constraints. If the referenced table is not part of a publication, all foreign key constraints on a published table are not replicated. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x400 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000400

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x400 – Replicates check constraints. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x800 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000000800

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x800 – Replicates defaults. Not supported for Oracle Publishers.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x1000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000001000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x1000 – Replicates column-level collation’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x2000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000002000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x2000 – Replicates extended properties associated with the published article source object. Not supported for Oracle Publishers’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x4000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000004000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x4000 – Replicates UNIQUE constraints. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated, even if options 0x10 and 0x40 are not enabled’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x8000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000008000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x8000 – This option is not valid for SQL Server 2005 Publishers’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x10000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000010000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x10000 – Replicates CHECK constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x20000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000020000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x20000 – Replicates FOREIGN KEY constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x40000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000040000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x40000 – Replicates filegroups associated with a partitioned table or index’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x80000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000080000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x80000 – Replicates the partition scheme for a partitioned table’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x100000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000100000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x100000 – Replicates the partition scheme for a partitioned index’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x200000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000200000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x200000 – Replicates table statistics’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x400000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000400000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x400000 – Replicates default Bindings’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x800000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000000800000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x800000 – Replicates rule Bindings’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x1000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000001000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x1000000 – Replicates the full-text index’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x2000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000002000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x2000000 – XML schema collections bound to xml columns are not replicated’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x4000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000004000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x4000000 – Replicates indexes on xml columns’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x8000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000008000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x8000000 – Creates any schemas not already present on the subscriber’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x10000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000010000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x10000000 – Converts xml columns to ntext on the Subscriber’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x20000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000020000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x20000000 – Converts large object data types introduced in SQL Server 2005 to data types supported on earlier versions of Microsoft SQL Server’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x40000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000040000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x40000000 – Replicates permissions’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x80000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000080000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x80000000 – Attempts to drop dependencies to any objects that are not part of the publication’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x100000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000100000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x100000000 – Use this option to replicate the FILESTREAM attribute if it is specified on varbinary(max) columns. Do not specify this option if you are replicating tables to SQL Server 2005 Subscribers.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x200000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000200000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x200000000 – Converts date and time data types (date, time, datetimeoffset, and datetime2) introduced in SQL Server 2008 to data types that are supported on earlier versions of SQL Server.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x400000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000400000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x400000000 – Replicates the compression option for data and indexes. For more information, see Data Compression.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x800000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000000800000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x800000000 – Set this option to store FILESTREAM data on its own filegroup at the Subscriber. If this option is not set, FILESTREAM data is stored on the default filegroup. Replication does not create filegroups; therefore, if you set this option, you must create the filegroup before you apply the snapshot at the Subscriber.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x1000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000001000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x1000000000 – Converts common language runtime (CLR) user-defined types (UDTs) that are larger than 8000 bytes to varbinary(max) so that columns of type UDT can be replicated to Subscribers that are running SQL Server 2005.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x2000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000002000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x2000000000 – Converts the hierarchyid data type to varbinary(max) so that columns of type hierarchyid can be replicated to Subscribers that are running SQL Server 2005.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x4000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000004000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x4000000000 – Replicates any filtered indexes on the table.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x80000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000008000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x8000000000 – Converts the geography and geometry data types to varbinary(max) so that columns of these types can be replicated to Subscribers that are running SQL Server 2005.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x10000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000010000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x10000000000 – Replicates indexes on columns of type geography and geometry.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x20000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000020000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x20000000000 – Replicates the SPARSE attribute for columns.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x40000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000040000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x40000000000 – Enable scripting by the snapshot agent to create memory-optimized table on the subscriber.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x80000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000080000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x80000000000 – Converts clustered index to nonclustered index for memory-optimized articles.’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x400000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000400000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x400000000000 – Replicates any non-clustered columnstore indexes on the table(s)’

 

SET @intermediate=
cast(cast(@schemaoption as
int)
& 0x800000000000 as
binary(8))

IF @intermediate = 0x0000800000000000

SET @optionsinText = @optionsinText +
char(13)
+
‘0x800000000000 – Replicates any flitered non-clustered columnstore indexes on the table(s).’

 

–Print the result now

PRINT @optionsinText

—-END OF SCRIPT ————–

 

Example:

—————————-

–Set the schema_option value that you want to decrypt here

SET @schemaoption = 0x000000000803509F—Replace the value here

——————————

 

**SCHEMA OPTIONS HERE ARE**

—————————————

0x01 – Generates the object creation script (CREATE TABLE, CREATE PROCEDURE, and so on)…

0x02 – Generates the stored procedures that propagate changes for the article, if defined.

0x04 – Identity columns are scripted using the IDENTITY property.

0x08 – Replicate timestamp columns. If not set, timestamp columns are replicated as binary.

0x10 – Generates a corresponding clustered index.

0x80 – Replicates primary key constraints. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated…

0x1000 – Replicates column-level collation

0x4000 – Replicates UNIQUE constraints. Any indexes related to the constraint are also replicated…

0x10000 – Replicates CHECK constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization

0x20000 – Replicates FOREIGN KEY constraints as NOT FOR REPLICATION so that the constraints are not enforced during synchronization

0x8000000 – Creates any schemas not already present on the subscriber