Create SQL Server job automatically

Question

I am writing SQL Server deployment scripts which create SQL Server job automatically on a specific SQL Server server/instance. I have found that I can extract the sql statem

Answer 1

You would need to dynamically create the job script and then execute it. You could try something like the following or change this to a stored proc with input parameters for the job owner and database name.

DECLARE @JobName VARCHAR(20)  --Job Name
DECLARE @Owner VARCHAR(200)   --Job Owner
DECLARE @DBName VARCHAR(200)  --Database Name
DECLARE @JobCode VARCHAR(4000) --Create Statement for Job
SET @JobName = 'Test2'
SET @Owner = 'BrianD'
SET @DBName = 'master'
SET @JobCode = 'USE msdb
GO
BEGIN TRANSACTION
DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
SELECT @ReturnCode = 0
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=N''[Uncategorized (Local)]'' AND category_class=1)
BEGIN
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N''JOB'', @type=N''LOCAL'', @name=N''[Uncategorized (Local)]''
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
END
DECLARE @jobId BINARY(16)
EXEC @ReturnCode =  msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=N''' + @JobName + ''', 
        @enabled=1, 
        @notify_level_eventlog=0, 
        @notify_level_email=0, 
        @notify_level_netsend=0, 
        @notify_level_page=0, 
        @delete_level=0, 
        @description=N''No description available.'', 
        @category_name=N''[Uncategorized (Local)]'', 
        @owner_login_name=N''' + @Owner + ''', @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N''Version and Prod Level'', 
        @step_id=1, 
        @cmdexec_success_code=0, 
        @on_success_action=1, 
        @on_success_step_id=0, 
        @on_fail_action=2, 
        @on_fail_step_id=0, 
        @retry_attempts=0, 
        @retry_interval=0, 
        @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N''TSQL'', 
        @command=N''select SERVERPROPERTY(''''productversion''''), SERVERPROPERTY(''''productlevel'''')'', 
        @database_name=N''' + @DBName + ''', 
        @flags=0
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = N''(local)''
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
COMMIT TRANSACTION
GOTO EndSave
QuitWithRollback:
    IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EndSave:
GO'
Exec (@JobCode)

Hopefully this will get you going in the right direction. If you need more help let me know.