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sp_delete_category (Transact-SQL)

Removes the specified category of jobs, alerts, or operators from the current server.

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Syntax

sp_delete_category [ @class = ] 'class' , [ @name = ] 'name'

Arguments

  • [ @class =] 'class'
    The class of the category. class is varchar(8), with no default, and must have one of these values.

    Value

    Description

    JOB

    Deletes a job category.

    ALERT

    Deletes an alert category.

    OPERATOR

    Deletes an operator category.

  • [ @name =] 'name'
    The name of the category to be removed. name is sysname, with no default.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

None

Remarks

sp_delete_category must be run from the msdb database.

Deleting a category recategorizes any jobs, alerts, or operators in that category to the default category for the class.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can run this procedure.

Examples

The following example deletes the job category named AdminJobs.

USE msdb ;
GO 

EXEC dbo.sp_delete_category
    @name = N'AdminJobs',
    @class = N'JOB' ;
GO