Blinking the taskbar icon when a SQL query completes

Question

On my work PC I run all my SQL Server 2008 queries on a remote desktop connection to Microsoft Server 2008. Because of this I often have the window minimized and check it occasionally to see if a query has run.

Does anyone know if I can write any kind of script to blink the Windows 7 taskbar icon when a query completes. A pop up warning box would also work, anything to grab my attention whilst I'm surfing the web waiting for a query to complete.

Thanks,

Alex

Answer 1

You could set SSMS to play a sound to notify you, there's a link here that shows you how to set this up in options.