Is there any way to know SQL server agent job status?

Question

I am using SQL server 2008 R2 and I am wondering if there is a way to know SQL server agent job status (running/stopped) with some query. Do you have any suggestions?

Answer 1

There is a system stored procedure sp_help_job. This returns information on the job, its steps, schedules and servers. For example

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_help_job @Job_name = 'The name of the job'