I’m running a SQL Server 2008 64 bit Developer Edition with Service Pack 1 installed.
I have a SQL Server Agent Job. Within this job I want to get the job_id of my own job.
On MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175575(v=SQL.100).aspx) you can find a description of using tokens in job steps. Wow, great, that’s what I’m looking for!! Just use (JOBID).
Since SQL Server 2005 SP1 you have to use macro like $(ESCAPE_NONE(JOBID)). No problem.
But if you try the example:
DECLARE @name NVARCHAR(128)
select @name = name from msdb.dbo.sysjobs where job_id = $(ESCAPE_SQUOTE(JOBID))
PRINT @name
you get:
Incorrect syntax near ‘ESCAPE_SQUOTE’. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 102)
Ok, now from the scratch:
PRINT N'$(ESCAPE_SQUOTE(JOBID))'
results in 0xE33FE637C10B3C49A6E958BB3EF06959 but the job_id is
37E63FE3-0BC1-493C-A6E9-58BB3EF06959
The “N'” I think makes an implicit conversion to NVARCHAR of the (JOBID)…
Ok, I think I have to care about the datatype of (JOBID). In the book “SQL Server 2008 Administration” on page 168/169 there’s also an example of using (JOBID):
declare @jobid binary(16)
SELECT @jobid =Convert(Uniqueidentifier,$(ESCAPE_NONE(JOBID)))
results in:
Incorrect syntax near ‘(‘. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 102)
I’m totally confused now. Could please someone help me with a good advice or solution. Every kind of help is appreciated.
Best regards
Helmut
Just forget what parser is saying – variable resolution is done at runtime. Parser does not know about that.