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# sp_help_log_shipping_alert_job (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)]

  This stored procedure returns the job ID of the alert job from the log shipping monitor.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
sp_help_log_shipping_alert_job  
  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 None  
  
## Return Code Values  
 0 (success) or 1 (failure)  
  
## Result Sets  
 This stored procedure returns the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Agent job ID of the log shipping alert job. If no log shipping alert job exists, it returns an empty result set.  
  
## Remarks  
 **sp_help_log_shipping_alert_job** must be run from the **master** database on the monitor server.  
  
## Permissions  
 Only members of the **sysadmin** fixed server role can run this procedure.  
  
## See Also  
 [About Log Shipping (SQL Server)](../../database-engine/log-shipping/about-log-shipping-sql-server.md)   
 [System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/system-stored-procedures-transact-sql.md)