AlertCategory Class

Article
12/03/2008

The AlertCategory class contains attributes that allow alerts to be categorized.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class AlertCategory
    Inherits CategoryBase

public sealed class AlertCategory : CategoryBase

public ref class AlertCategory sealed : public CategoryBase

public final class AlertCategory extends CategoryBase

public final class AlertCategory extends CategoryBase

Remarks

SQL Server Agent categories provide optional attributes that are used to distinguish groups of alerts.

With the AlertCategory object, you can:

Create groupings for alerts.

The category name must be unique.

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

To get AlertCategory object properties, users must be a member of SQLAgentUserRole database role on the MSDB database or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To set AlertCategory object properties, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To create or drop an alert category, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

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

Example

How to: Construct an Object in Visual Basic .NET

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