How can I determine the status of a job?

Question

I have a Stored procedure which schedules a job. This Job takes a lot of time to get completed (approx 30 to 40 min). I need to get to know the status of this Job. Below det

Answer 1

The tasks above work but I have seen many records in the msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity where run_Requested_date is not null and stop_execution_date is null ---- and the job is not currently running.

I would recommend running the following script to clear out all of the bogus entries (make sure no jobs are running at the time).

SQL2008:

    delete activity
    from msdb.dbo.sysjobs_view job  
    inner join msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity activity on job.job_id = activity.job_id 
    where  
        activity.run_Requested_date is not null  
    and activity.stop_execution_date is null  

Answer 2

SELECT sj.name
  FROM msdb..sysjobactivity aj
  JOIN msdb..sysjobs sj
    on sj.job_id = aj.job_id
 WHERE aj.stop_execution_date  IS NULL     -- job hasn't stopped running
   AND aj.start_execution_date IS NOT NULL -- job is currently running
   AND sj.name = '<your Job Name>'
   AND NOT EXISTS( -- make sure this is the most recent run
                   select 1
                     from msdb..sysjobactivity new
                    where new.job_id = aj.job_id
                      and new.start_execution_date > aj.start_execution_date ) )
print 'running'