In this article, I present four options for using T-SQL to return the schedules that are attached to a SQL Server Agent job.
Continue readingCreate a SQL Server Agent Job in Azure Data Studio
In this article, I show you how to create a SQL Server Agent job in the Azure Data Studio GUI.
Here, I create a test job that includes one job step and an attached schedule.
Continue readingCreate a SQL Server Agent Schedule with T-SQL
When using T-SQL, you can use the sp_add_schedule stored procedure to add a SQL Server Agent schedule.
This procedure creates the schedule, but it doesn’t attach it to any jobs. To attach it to a job, you must use the sp_attach_schedule procedure.
You can also use sp_add_jobschedule to create the schedule and attach it all with the same procedure.
How to Locate SQL Server Agent Jobs in Azure Data Studio
I wrote this post, because it may not be immediately apparent how to find the SQL Server Agent jobs in Azure Data Studio once you’ve installed the SQL Server Agent Extension.
In SSMS, the SQL Server Agent can be hard to miss, but in Azure Data Studio, it can be hard to find!
Or perhaps you’re not even aware that you need the extension, and you may be searching for jobs that simply can’t be found.
Here’s how to locate the SQL Server Agent jobs in Azure Data Studio.
Continue reading3 Ways to Return a List of SQL Server Agent Jobs (T-SQL)
Often the quickest way to get a list of SQL Server Agent jobs is to simply expand the SQL Server Agent node in the SSMS Object Explorer.
But that’s not the only way. And depending on your environment, it might not even be an option. If you don’t have SSMS or a database tool that allows you to see the SQL Server Agent jobs, you may need to use T-SQL instead.
In this article, I present three options for returning a list of SQL Server Agent jobs when using T-SQL.
Continue reading4 Ways to Get SQL Server Job History
In this article, I present four options for returning SQL Server Agent job history data.
Continue readingFix “SQL Server blocked access to STATEMENT ‘OpenRowset/OpenDatasource’ of component ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries'”
If you get error Msg 15281, Level 16 in SQL Server, chances are you’re trying to run an ad hoc distributed query, but you haven’t enabled ad hoc distributed queries.
This can be fixed easily by enabling ad hoc distributed queries.
Continue readingView SQL Server Agent Job History with SSMS
This article shows you how to view the history of a SQL Server Agent job in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) GUI.
Continue readingView SQL Server Agent Job History with Azure Data Studio
This article shows you how to view the history of a SQL Server Agent job in Azure Data Studio.
Continue readingInstall the SQL Server Agent Extension on Azure Data Studio
One of the cool things about Azure Data Studio is that you can install extensions to extend its capabilities. One of those extensions is the SQL Server Agent extension.
This extension allows you to do stuff like create jobs, view jobs, view job history, stop/start jobs, etc.
This article shows you how to install the SQL Server Agent extension on Azure Data Studio.
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