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sp_update_notification (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server

Updates the notification method of an alert notification.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

syntaxsql 
sp_update_notification
    [ @alert_name = ] N'alert_name'
    , [ @operator_name = ] N'operator_name'
    , [ @notification_method = ] notification_method
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @alert_name = ] N'alert_name'

The name of the alert associated with this notification. @alert_name is sysname, with no default.

[ @operator_name = ] N'operator_name'

The operator who is notified when the alert occurs. @operator_name is sysname, with no default.

[ @notification_method = ] notification_method

The method by which the operator is notified. @notification_method is tinyint, and can be one or more of these values.

Value Description
1 E-mail
2 Pager
4 net send
7 All methods

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Remarks

sp_update_notification must be run from the msdb database.

You can update a notification for an operator who doesn't have the necessary address information using the specified notification_method. If a failure occurs when sending an e-mail message or pager notification, the failure is reported in the SQL Server Agent error log.

Permissions

To run this stored procedure, users must be granted the sysadmin fixed server role.

Examples

The following example modifies the notification method for notifications sent to François Ajenstatfor the alert Test Alert.

SQL 
USE msdb;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_update_notification
   @alert_name = N'Test Alert',
   @operator_name = N'François Ajenstat',
   @notification_method = 7;
GO

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