CategoryBase Class

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12/03/2008

The CategoryBase class is a base class that is used in the construction of the JobCategory class, the OperatorCategory class, and the AlertCategory class. It contains functionality that is common to all three category classes.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class CategoryBase
    Inherits AgentObjectBase
    Implements ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, IScriptable

public class CategoryBase : AgentObjectBase, ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, 
    IScriptable

public ref class CategoryBase : public AgentObjectBase, ICreatable, IDroppable, IRenamable, 
    IScriptable

public class CategoryBase extends AgentObjectBase implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IRenamable, IScriptable

public class CategoryBase extends AgentObjectBase implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IRenamable, IScriptable

Remarks

SQL Server Agent categories are optional attributes that are used to group alerts, jobs, and operators.

With the JobCategory, OperatorCategory, and AlertCategory objects, you can:

Create groupings for alerts, jobs, and operators.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.AgentObjectBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.CategoryBase
             Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.AlertCategory
             Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.JobCategory
             Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.OperatorCategory

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

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