Job.Start Method (String)
Runs the referenced job starting at the specified job step.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub Start ( _
jobStepName As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Job
Dim jobStepName As String
instance.Start(jobStepName)
public void Start(
string jobStepName
)
public:
void Start(
String^ jobStepName
)
member Start :
jobStepName:string -> unit
public function Start(
jobStepName : String
)
Parameters
- jobStepName
Type: System.String
A String value that specifies the job step to start execution.
Examples
The following code example creates a job and starts it at the specified job step.
C#
Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Job jb = new Job(srv.JobServer, "Test Job");
jb.Create();
JobStep jbstp = new JobStep(jb, "Test Job Step");
jbstp.OnSuccessAction = StepCompletionAction.QuitWithSuccess;
jbstp.OnFailAction = StepCompletionAction.QuitWithFailure;
jbstp.Create();
jb.ApplyToTargetServer(srv.Name);
jb.IsEnabled = true;
jb.Start("Test Job Step");
PowerShell
$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$jb = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.Job($srv.JobServer, "Testrrt Job")
$jb.Create()
$jbstp = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.JobStep($jb, "Test Job Step")
$jbstp.OnSuccessAction = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.StepCompletionAction]::QuitWithSuccess
$jbstp.OnFailAction = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.StepCompletionAction]::QuitWithFailure
$jbstp.Create()
$jb.ApplyToTargetServer($srv.Name)
$jb.IsEnabled = $TRUE
$jb.Start("Test Job Step")
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent Namespace
Other Resources
Scheduling Automatic Administrative Tasks in SQL Server Agent