Currently have 2 jobs that can't run in parallel. Is there a way I can defer the execution based on the status? So MAG_LOGICAR_D3_H should not run if MAG_LOGICAR_D3_M is currently running and vice versa using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ?
On way to accomplish this is using a maintenance plan.
Add two: Execute SQL Server Agent Job Task.
Configure the jobs.
Link both jobs.
Force the execution of second job after Success or Completion of the first one.
I have a SQL server job that triggered three times in the week on specific time.
what is the server is off. will it waits until the agent comes up and start the job that times over or will neglect those??
Thanx in advance.
SQL Job agent depends on SQL Server being up and running.
So if either of the above is down the job scheduler will not start the job. The Job Agent will not fire Jobs that have missed their schedulres.
Some info on how to check if the job has been run: SQL Server - TSQL to Detect missed Agent jobs due to overrun
I'm trying to build a background process that will check and execute a stored procedure (SQL Server 2008R2) that users will schedule on a UI application. I don't want to create a job, I want to handle it myself. So I was planning to run a check every 2 secs for example and check if there is process that rich the specific time and run it.
Is there any better way to do it?
If you don't want to set up a task within SQL Server, you could write an app that makes the DB call, then schedule that app through Windows Task Scheduler.
I wanted a stored procedure to run at specified intervals everyday. Is there a way to do the same on SQL Server 2005?
I know we can create a batch file to run SP and schedule it with windows scheduled tasks but is there a way to do it from SQL Server itself?
There's a separate service called SQL Agent, which is created for this specific purpose: scheduling of tasks related to SQL Server.
This is a Windows Service that's initially disabled, so you'll have to enable that. Otherwise, it's all very straightforward: Management Studio has nice UI for managing Agent.
You can create jobs with sql server 2005
Use SQL Agent to schedule jobs.
See Creating Jobs
I have two queries saved on my SQL Server 2005 and I would like to have them running at certain intervals, e.g. every 24 hours. Is there a way to automate these queries and schedule them via SQL Server Management Studio?
You need to use the SQL Server Agent, installed as part of SQL Server. This is the background service that's responsible for running scheduled maintenance and backup tasks.
Expand the SQL Server Agent node in SQL Server Management Studio, you should see a tree node called "Jobs"
Right-clicking this will give you the option to add a new job. Jobs consist of a series of steps to be executed in order, and when you add a new step to your job, you can choose various types of step, including "Transact-SQL Script"
Create a new job, add a single T-SQL step, put the queries that you want to run into the step properties, and then use the "Schedule" option in the Job properties to create a recurring schedule that'll run the job every 24 hours (or whenever).
You can use the SQL Server Agent, which will allow the server to run the script/stored procedure.
You can also use the Windows Task Scheduler, either on the server or on any other server or workstation to schedule isqlw/sqlcmd to execute your script/stored procedure.
Create a job with a step in which you execute your queries; the job can be scheduled at your needs.
At a previous employer the operations department had a task sheduling application. They prefered to use the command line tools that come with sql server to execute jobs (stored procedures) on a scheduled basis. This way the "task scheduling application" could recieve an exit status (pass/fail, ok/error) and hold up dependent jobs.
I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the command line tool, but it was part of the sql server distro. I also do not remember the name of the task scheduling application. It was not the windows task scheduler. It was something enterprise level used to manage the nightly cycle.
Not sure of the scale of your project, but this is another way to go.
SKapsal's comment on a command line tool for executing SQL commands is a reference to osql (for SQL2000) or sqlcmd (for SQL2005+). You could save your script a file and run it from that command line using Windows Task Scheduler or something similar.
SQL Agent is still the preferred solution, however, as it provides GUI controls for job creation, scheduling, logging and viewing job execution history/results.
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