SQL Server Error Code – 20697 cannot drop article %s from publication

In this blog post, you’ll learn more about the SQL Server Error Code 20697 and the error message description that is shown

SQL Server Error Code

20697

SQL Server Error Description for the Code :20697

Cannot drop article %s from publication %s. In this publication, this is the only article that uses a parameterized filter. Dropping this article changes the publication to a static publication, which requires reinitialization of all Subscribers. To drop the article and reinitialize all active subscriptions, specify a value of 1 for the  @force_reinit_subscription parameter of sp_dropmergepublication.