jobforsql

As we all know SQL Server 2005 Express is a very powerful free edition of SQL Server 2005. However it does not contain SQL Server Agent service. Because of this scheduling jobs is not possible. So if we want to do this we have to install a free or commercial 3rd party product. This usually isn't allowed due to the security policies of many hosting companies and thus presents a problem. Maybe we want to schedule daily backups, database reindexing, statistics updating, etc. This is why I wanted to have a solution based only on SQL Server 2005 Express and not dependent on the hosting company. And of course there is one based on our old friend the Service Broker.

New terminology

To achieve scheduling we will use SQL Server Service Broker. If you're not familiar with this great addition to the storage engine go read my previous three articles about it. There you'll get familiarized with the terminology and database objects used in this article. Done? OK, let's move on.