dbo.sysalerts (Transact-SQL)

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05/16/2013

Contains one row for each alert. An alert is a message sent in response to an event. An alert can forward messages beyond the SQL Server environment, and an alert can be an e-mail or pager message. An alert also can generate a task.

Column name	Data type	Description
id	int	Alert ID.
name	sysname	Alert name.
event_source	nvarchar(100)	Source of the event: SQL Server.
event_category_id	int	Reserved for future use.
event_id	int	Reserved for future use.
message_id	int	User-defined message ID or reference to sysmessages message that triggers this alert.
severity	int	Severity that triggers this alert.
enabled	tinyint	Status of the alert: 0 = Disabled. 1 = Enabled.
delay_between_ responses	int	Wait period, in seconds, between notifications for this alert.
last_occurrence_date	int	Last occurrence (date) of the alert.
last_occurrence_time	int	Last occurrence (time of day) of the alert.
last_response_date	int	Last notification (date) of the alert.
last_response_time	int	Last notification (time of day) of the alert.
notification_message	nvarchar(512)	Additional information sent with the alert.
include_event_ description	tinyint	Bitmask representing whether the event description is sent by either or both: 1 = E-mail. 2 = Pager.
database_name	nvarchar(512)	Database in which this alert must occur to trigger this alert.
event_description_keyword	nvarchar(100)	Pattern the error must match in order for the alert to trigger.
occurrence_count	int	Number of occurrences for this alert.
count_reset_date	int	Day (date) count will be reset to 0.
count_reset_time	int	Time of day count will be reset to 0.
job_id	uniqueidentifier	ID of the task executed when this alert occurs.
has_notification	int	Number of operators who receive e-mail notification when alert occurs.
flags	int	Reserved.
performance_condition	nvarchar(512)	Reserved.
category_id	int	Reserved.

dbo.sysalerts (Transact-SQL)

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