Before starting, let's shed some light on the SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO). ASP gets its functionality by using server components. In ASP we can combine scripts, HTML, and reusable server components to create scalable Web applications. These server-side ActiveX components can be developed in many languages, such as VC++, Java, and Visual Basic (VB).

I have selected VB to develop a component that will be used in ASP scripts to harness the power of SQL-DMO. SQL-DMOs are OLE automation-compatible COM objects. These objects and a set of properties and methods are used to write programs to administer multiple SQL Servers distributed across a network. Also, SQL-DMO is the foundation of SQL Enterprise Manager. In fact, SQL-DMO is a very powerful object model of SQL Server management. The obvious advantage of using a component encompassing SQL-DMO functionality is that you can manage your SQL Server from anywhere in the world.

Although, SQL-DMO is a complete set of objects and methods to manage the SQL Server remotely, in this article, we will only see how to add and remove SQL tasks in the Task Scheduler. I decided to write this article because I couldn't find a good article about using SQL-DMO in ASP. The article, which details how to leverage VB to create the ASP component, uses the following technologies:

• Visual Basic 6
• SQL Server