MessageID Property
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
The MessageID property identifies a Microsoft SQL Server message to a SQL Server Agent alert.
Syntax
object.MessageID [= value]
Parts
object
An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To listvalue
A long integer identifier of a SQL Server system message
Data Type
Long
Modifiable
Read/write
Prototype (C/C++)
HRESULT GetMessageID(LPLONG pRetVal);
HRESULT SetMessageID(long NewValue);
Remarks
A SQL Server Agent alert is raised when a SQL Server process raises a specific error or an error of a specific severity. Setting the MessageID property of an Alert object associates an alert with a specific SQL Server system error message.
Setting both the MessageID and Severity properties of an Alert object attempts to associate an alert with both an error message and an error message severity level, which results in an error.
SQL Server Agent alerts based on the MessageID property can be restricted to a specific database. Use the MessageID and DatabaseName properties of the Alert object to restrict alert activation.
Multiple alerts can be defined for a single error message, but each alert defined on the error message must be restricted to a specific database.