StartStepID Property
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
The StartStepID property identifies the first step executed when SQL Server Agent runs the referenced job.
Syntax
object
.StartStepID [= value]
Parts
object
An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To listvalue
A long integer that identifies an existing SQL Server Agent job step by user-specified identifier
Data Type
Long
Modifiable
Read/write
Prototype (C/C++)
HRESULT GetStartStepID(LPLONG pRetVal);
HRESULT SetStartStepID(long NewValue);
Remarks
SQL Server Agent job steps are identified by a user-specified integer value. If no value is specified when SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) is used to create a job, job steps are given an identifier value when the job is added to the Jobs collection of a JobServer object.
By default, the StartStepID value is the value of the StepID property in the first ordinal position of the JobSteps collection of the Job object.