sql-agent-job

Is it possible to log custom messages from your SQL Server Agent job in the job history messages? If not what's the best way to go about doing such a thing? For T-SQL job steps, you can use the print statement. For CmdExec steps, use Console.Writeline in your executable. If there is a lot of output, then by default SQL Agent will not keep all of, and will only keep a certain number of characters. To have it keep all output for a step, you go to the step properties, Advanced, and check the "Include step output in history" checkbox. I haven't done it for a while, but I believe text generated by

I have created SSIS package which is running successfully and dumping the data to the required place. But the same package results in the error when i run it through job. I googled n got these links but failed to get the way out- http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/9034bdc4-24fd-4d80-ad8d-cc780943397a/ http://www.progtown.com/topic390755-error-at-start-job-the-job-was-invoked-by-user-sa.html Please suggest . The screen captures are great but the detail is going to be on the sublines, so in the first picture, where you have expanded the [+] sign and it says "Executed

What I need to do is export data into CSV file using T-SQL. And I'm very confused about there are many ways can do it, I don't know to choose which one, please help me to confirm the bollowing: As I know there are about 3 methods, and I want you help me to confirm: Using Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0, like this: INSERT INTO OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'Text;Database=C:\Temp\;HDR=Yes;', 'SELECT * FROM test.csv') (object_id, name) SELECT object_id, name FROM sys.tables; but this need the csv file is there, and with header using SQLCMD command line. using BCP Use union, get data and it's

I have a piece of code that needs to run every day at a specified time. The code right now is sitting as a part of my web application. There are 2 stored procedures to get/save data that the code uses. How can I setup Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 to execute my code as well as the stored procs in a SQL Agent Job. I have never done this before and cannot seem to find the documentation. The simplest method is to make a .NET console application that is just a shell for your real code sitting in a DLL or webservice or wherever. Then, in your SQL Agent job, create a step that is of