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sp_help_proxy (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2008 R2

Lists information for one or more proxies.

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sp_help_proxy 
    [ @proxy_id = ] id,
    [ @proxy_name = ] 'proxy_name' ,
    [ @subsystem_name = ] 'subsystem_name' ,
    [ @name = ] 'name'

Arguments

[ @proxy_id = ] id

The proxy identification number of the proxy to list information for. The proxy_id is int, with a default of NULL. Either the id or the proxy_name may be specified.

[ @proxy_name = ] 'proxy_name'

The name of the proxy to list information for. The proxy_name is sysname, with a default of NULL. Either the id or the proxy_name may be specified.

[ @subsystem_name = ] 'subsystem_name'

The name of the subsystem to list proxies for. The subsystem_name is sysname, with a default of NULL. When subsystem_name is specified, name must also be specified.

The following table lists the values for each subsystem.

Value	Description
ActiveScripting	ActiveX Script
CmdExec	Operating System (CmdExec)
Snapshot	Replication Snapshot Agent
LogReader	Replication Log Reader Agent
Distribution	Replication Distribution Agent
Merge	Replication Merge Agent
QueueReader	Replication Queue Reader Agent
ANALYSISQUERY	Analysis Services Command
ANALYSISCOMMAND	Analysis Services Query
Dts	SSIS package execution
PowerShell	PowerShell Script

[ @name = ] 'name'

The name of a SQL Server login to list proxies for. The name is nvarchar(256), with a default of NULL. When name is specified, subsystem_name must also be specified.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
proxy_id	int	Proxy identification number.
name	sysname	The name of the proxy.
credential_identity	sysname	The Microsoft Windows domain name and user name for the credential associated with the proxy.
enabled	tinyint	Whether this proxy is enabled. { 0 = not enabled, 1 = enabled }
description	nvarchar(1024)	The description for this proxy.
user_sid	varbinary(85)	The Windows security id of the Windows user for this proxy.
credential_id	int	The identifier for the credential associated with this proxy.
credential_identity_exists	int	Whether the credential_identity exists. { 0 = does not exist, 1 = exists }

Remarks

When no parameters are provided, sp_help_proxy lists information for all proxies in the instance.

To determine which proxies a login can use for a given subsystem, specify name and subsystem_name. When these arguments are provided, sp_help_proxy lists proxies that the login specified may access and that may be used for the specified subsystem.

Permissions

By default, members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute this stored procedure. Other users must be granted the SQLAgentOperatorRole fixed database role in the msdb database.

For details about SQLAgentOperatorRole, see SQL Server Agent Fixed Database Roles.

Note
The credential_identity and user_sid columns are only returned in the result set when members of sysadmin execute this stored procedure.

Examples

A. Listing information for all proxies

The following example lists information for all proxies in the instance.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_help_proxy ;
GO

B. Listing information for a specific proxy

The following example lists information for the proxy named Catalog application proxy.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_help_proxy
    @proxy_name = N'Catalog application proxy' ;
GO

Reference

SQL Server Agent Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

sp_add_proxy (Transact-SQL)

sp_delete_proxy (Transact-SQL)

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