sp_delete_category (Transact-SQL)
Removes the specified category of jobs, alerts, or operators from the current server.
Syntax
sp_delete_category [ @class = ] 'class' , [ @name = ] 'name'
Arguments
[ @class =] 'class'
The class of the category. class is varchar(8), with no default, and must have one of these values.Value Description JOB
Deletes a job category.
ALERT
Deletes an alert category.
OPERATOR
Deletes an operator category.
- [ @name =] 'name'
The name of the category to be removed. name is sysname, with no default.
Return Code Values
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
Result Sets
None
Remarks
sp_delete_category must be run from the msdb database.
Deleting a category recategorizes any jobs, alerts, or operators in that category to the default category for the class.
Permissions
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can run this procedure.
Examples
The following example deletes the job category named AdminJobs.
USE msdb ;
GO
EXEC dbo.sp_delete_category
@name = N'AdminJobs',
@class = N'JOB' ;
GO
See Also
Reference
sp_add_category (Transact-SQL)
sp_help_category (Transact-SQL)
sp_update_category (Transact-SQL)
System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)