This article has a T-SQL function to detect the SQL Agent job state.  Read more...

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This trigger will notify the existing email operator of the job with detailed job step information.  Read more...

SQL Server Agent jobs are made up of a series of one or more Job Steps. A job step is assigned to a specific job subsystem, which identifies the kind of work the job step is going to perform. Each job step runs in a separate security context, although each job also has an owner that determines who can modify the job.  Read more...

In a previous tip, the tip reviewed several steps for a better and improved environment for scheduled jobs. I am totally convinced with the recommendations and want to implement these for my scheduled jobs. To make this easier, I want to create a template so I can produce a suitable and reliable way of updates for my production server. In this tip I provide a step by step exercise to perform on a test server to prepare the customized and tested scripts to run on the production server.  Read more...

The provided SSIS package contains a single script task that will script all SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 Agent Jobs into individual files.  Read more...

Similar to many other Job History scripts, but unique in that it has a timeline.  Read more...

With this view you can obtain last failed job steps without using visual interface.  Read more...

The script will produce a Drop/Create script for all the jobs existing on the server. Instead of scripting them individually. The output script will also have schedules scripted out  Read more...

This article shows ways of getting feedback to your users when running a SQL Server agent job from an ASP.NET page  Read more...

It is often the case in large DBA teams where multiple DBAs can administer the same SQL Servers and it is not apparent to one DBA the importance of some of the jobs to another DBA. In this tip I show how you can be alerted of these changes.  Read more...

Here is a stored procedure that start a job, and then waits until the jobs is finished  Read more...

You may have a number of jobs scheduled and often there is the need to analyze the data to see which jobs are taking a long time or which job steps are taking a long time. As you add more jobs and overhead to the server these times become even more critical and analyzing the data is key.  Read more...

Similar to many other Job History scripts, but unique in that it has a timeline.  Read more...

This script returns the information of all SQL Jobs that are running on the server with the latest status.  Read more...

get a job report on a server from T-SQL  Read more...

Here's an article from Rudy Panigas on how to more effectively manage multiple servers.  Read more...

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Yan Pan explains how to set up proxies in SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008, and compares the differences between them  Read more...

SQL Agent is one of the handiest subsystems in SQL Server. This video shows how you can schedule a one-time job to handle something without you being there.  Read more...