Hi,

I created a DTS to run a VB.net exe from local packages dts.
If I execute the package, it would do what I want.
I scheduled it to be a job running every minute of every day to test out the schedule.

The job status only stays at "Excuting Job Step 1"...and this hangs there forever.

I've check my SQLServerAgent is started.

Some info:
my sqlserveragent service is run under a username specifically for SQLServer I call "SQLService".
I'm using SQL Server Developer Edition.

Anyone can explain why this is happenning? I'm running into dead alleys here.

Why do you want to do that using SQL . Can It not be done through Windows task Scheduler ???

Cause it needs to be refresh almost a few minutes...or hour..depending..

Windows Task shceduler...I'm using w2k....only details the time of the day, and repeats only on "daily" basis.


So...anything I should check???

Try going to the advanced schedule properties in windows task scheduler ... you can schedule for every hour nad minute

Thanks, I can see the detail settings from my home pc...(XP)...
Will try that once I'm at work.

Well....if it works...anything goes...but for knowledge sake, what could have possibly cause the job to just hang? Any ideas?

I dont think you can call an external exe from a job or xp_cmdshell ... havent found out a way to do so yet.