Alert.CategoryName Property

Gets or sets the name of the category to which the alert belongs.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CategoryName As String
public string CategoryName { get; set; }
public:
property String^ CategoryName {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
/** @property */
public String get_CategoryName ()

/** @property */
public void set_CategoryName (String value)
public function get CategoryName () : String

public function set CategoryName (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the name of the alert category.

Remarks

The CategoryName property of the Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) Alertobject references an applicable SQL Server Agent category.

Setting the Category property for the JobFilter object restricts listed SQL Server Agent jobs to those having the category when using the EnumJobs method of the JobServer object.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Create an Alert in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

Alert Class
Alert Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent Namespace

Other Resources

Scheduling Automatic Administrative Tasks in SQL Server Agent
Automating Administrative Tasks (SQL Server Agent)
sp_add_alert (Transact-SQL)