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user defined data types within SQL Jobs?

  • October 26, 2010 at 9:34 am

    #228429

    When attempting to parse a job step in SQL Server Agent: Add Job Step I get an error finding a user defined data type. (Cannot Find Data Type <Type Name>)

    The same user defined type works perfectly well in a stored procedure. Is there a particular way to reference this within a job or are only system types useable?

  • October 26, 2010 at 9:37 am

    #1242379

    Rob-350472 (10/26/2010)

    When attempting to parse a job step in SQL Server Agent: Add Job Step I get an error finding a user defined data type. (Cannot Find Data Type <Type Name>)

    The same user defined type works perfectly well in a stored procedure. Is there a particular way to reference this within a job or are only system types useable?

    i think the issue is that the stored procedure (and the user defined datatype) exist in a database other than MSDB, where the job exists.

    so if the job is trying to use that datatype, it throws an error since it doesn't exist in MSDB.

    we'd have to see the code to be sure, but that's probably where your issue lies.you might need to create the datatype in MSDB as well, or change the code a bit for whatever it is testing.

    Lowell

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  • October 26, 2010 at 9:50 am

    #1242390

    Thanks Lowell, I was asking this on behalf of a colleague so I shall pass this on to him 🙂

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