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CategoryBase Class

The CategoryBase class is a base class that is used in the construction of the JobCategory class, the OperatorCategory class, and the AlertCategory class. It contains functionality that is common to all three category classes.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class CategoryBase _
    Inherits AgentObjectBase _
    Implements ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, IScriptable
'Usage
Dim instance As CategoryBase
public class CategoryBase : AgentObjectBase, 
    ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, IScriptable
public ref class CategoryBase : public AgentObjectBase, 
    ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, IScriptable
type CategoryBase =  
    class
        inherit AgentObjectBase
        interface ICreatable
        interface IDroppable
        interface IRenamable
        interface IScriptable
    end
public class CategoryBase extends AgentObjectBase implements ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, IScriptable

Remarks

SQL Server Agent categories are optional attributes that are used to group alerts, jobs, and operators.

With the JobCategory, OperatorCategory, and AlertCategory objects, you can:

  • Create groupings for alerts, jobs, and operators.

Thread Safety

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

Thread Safety

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