How to: Script Alerts Using Transact-SQL (SQL Server Management Studio)

This topic describes how to generate a Transact-SQL script that creates a Microsoft SQL Server Agent alert.

To script alerts using Transact-SQL

In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
Expand SQL Server Agent.
Expand Alerts. Right-click an alert, and point to Script Alert as. Select CREATE To or DROP To and click one of the following:
- New Query Editor Window, which opens a new Query Editor window and writes the Transact-SQL script to it.
- File, which saves the Transact-SQL script to a file.
- Clipboard, which saves the Transact-SQL script to the Clipboard.