sp_update_alert (Transact-SQL)

Updates the settings of an existing alert.

Syntax

sp_update_alert 
     [ @name =] 'name' 
     [ , [ @new_name =] 'new_name'] 
     [ , [ @enabled =] enabled] 
     [ , [ @message_id =] message_id] 
     [ , [ @severity =] severity] 
     [ , [ @delay_between_responses =] delay_between_responses] 
     [ , [ @notification_message =] 'notification_message'] 
     [ , [ @include_event_description_in =] include_event_description_in] 
     [ , [ @database_name =] 'database_name'] 
     [ , [ @event_description_keyword =] 'event_description_keyword'] 
     [ , [ @job_id =] job_id | [@job_name =] 'job_name'] 
     [ , [ @occurrence_count = ] occurrence_count] 
     [ , [ @count_reset_date =] count_reset_date] 
     [ , [ @count_reset_time =] count_reset_time] 
     [ , [ @last_occurrence_date =] last_occurrence_date] 
     [ , [ @last_occurrence_time =] last_occurrence_time] 
     [ , [ @last_response_date =] last_response_date] 
     [ , [ @last_response_time =] last_response _time]
     [ , [ @raise_snmp_trap =] raise_snmp_trap]
     [ , [ @performance_condition =] 'performance_condition' ] 
     [ , [ @category_name =] 'category']
     [ , [ @wmi_namespace = ] 'wmi_namespace' ]
     [ , [ @wmi_query = ] 'wmi_query' ]

Arguments

• [ @name =] 'name'
  The name of the alert that is to be updated. name is sysname, with no default.

• [ @new_name =] 'new_name'
  A new name for the alert. The name must be unique. new_name is sysname, with a default of NULL.

• [ @enabled =] enabled
  Specifies whether the alert is enabled (1) or not enabled (0). enabled is tinyint, with a default of NULL. An alert must be enabled to fire.

• [ @message_id =] message_id
  A new message or error number for the alert definition. Typically, message_id corresponds to an error number in the sysmessages table. message_id is int, with a default of NULL. A message ID can be used only if the severity level setting for the alert is 0.

• [ @severity =] severity
  A new severity level (from 1 through 25) for the alert definition. Any Microsoft SQL Server message sent to the Windows application log with the specified severity will activate the alert. severity is int, with a default of NULL. A severity level can be used only if the message ID setting for the alert is 0.

• [ @delay_between_responses =] delay_between_responses
  The new waiting period, in seconds, between responses to the alert. delay_between_responses is int, with a default of NULL.

• [ @notification_message =] 'notification_message'
  The revised text of an additional message sent to the operator as part of the e-mail, net send, or pager notification. notification_message is nvarchar(512), with a default of NULL.

• [ @include_event_description_in =] include_event_description_in
  Specifies whether the description of the SQL Server error from the Windows application log should be included in the notification message. include_event_description_in is tinyint, with a default of NULL, and can be one or more of these values.

  Value	Description
  0	None
  1	E-mail
  2	Pager
  4	net send
  7	All

• [ @database_name =] 'database_name'
  The name of the database in which the error must occur for the alert to fire. database_name is sysname, with a default of NULL.

• [ @event_description_keyword =] 'event_description_keyword'
  A sequence of characters that must be found in the description of the error in the error message log. Transact-SQL LIKE expression pattern-matching characters can be used. event_description_keyword is nvarchar(100), with a default of NULL. This parameter is useful for filtering object names (for example, %customer_table%).

• [ @job_id =] job_id
  The job identification number. job_id is uniqueidentifier, with a default of NULL. If job_id is specified, job_name must be omitted.

• [ @job_name =] 'job_name'
  The name of the job that executes in response to this alert. job_name is sysname, with a default of NULL. If job_name is specified, job_id must be omitted.

• [ @occurrence_count = ] occurrence_count
  Resets the number of times the alert has occurred. occurrence_count is int, with a default of NULL, and can be set only to 0.

• [ @count_reset_date =] count_reset_date
  Resets the date the occurrence count was last reset. count_reset_date is int, with a default of NULL.

• [ @count_reset_time =] count_reset_time
  Resets the time the occurrence count was last reset. count_reset_time is int, with a default of NULL.

• [ @last_occurrence_date =] last_occurrence_date
  Resets the date the alert last occurred. last_occurrence_date is int, with a default of NULL, and can be set only to 0.

• [ @last_occurrence_time =] last_occurrence_time
  Resets the time the alert last occurred. last_occurrence_time is int, with a default of NULL, and can be set only to 0.

• [ @last_response_date =] last_response_date
  Resets the date the alert was last responded to by the SQLServerAgent service. last_response_date is int, with a default of NULL, and can be set only to 0.

• [ @last_response_time =] last_response_time
  Resets the time the alert was last responded to by the SQLServerAgent service. last_response_time is int, with a default of NULL, and can be set only to 0.

• [ @raise_snmp_trap =] raise_snmp_trap
  Reserved.

• [ @performance_condition =] 'performance_condition'
  A value expressed in the format 'itemcomparatorvalue'. performance_condition is nvarchar(512), with a default of NULL, and consists of these elements.

  Format element	Description
  Item	A performance object, performance counter, or named instance of the counter
  Comparator	One of these operators: >, <, =
  Value	Numeric value of the counter

• [ @category_name =] 'category'
  The name of the alert category. category is sysname with a default of NULL.

• [ @wmi_namespace= ] 'wmi_namespace'
  The WMI namespace to query for events. wmi_namespace is sysname, with a default of NULL.

• [ @wmi_query= ] 'wmi_query'
  The query that specifies the WMI event for the alert. wmi_query is nvarchar(512), with a default of NULL.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Remarks

Only sysmessages written to the Microsoft Windows application log can fire an alert.

sp_update_alert changes only those alert settings for which parameter values are supplied. If a parameter is omitted, the current setting is retained.

Permissions

To run this stored procedure, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Examples

The following example changes the enabled setting of Test Alert to 0.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_update_alert
    @name = N'Test Alert',
    @enabled = 0 ;
GO

See Also

Reference

sp_add_alert (Transact-SQL)
sp_help_alert (Transact-SQL)
System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

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