Sql Server job – Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘owner_sid’, table ‘msdb.dbo.sysjobs’

I needed to script out a Sql job one Sql server (server1) and use the same script to create the same job on a different Sql server machine(server2). So, I scripted out the job from Server1 and ran the same on the Server2 and got the below error :-

Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘owner_sid’, table ‘msdb.dbo.sysjobs’

Looking at more closely on the script, I noticed that the the script I created from the job on the Server1 also has the login which I used to login to Server1. This login is different from the one I was using to run the script on server2. See the highlighted login in the below screenshot.

Once I changed the script to put the login I am using to run the script on server2, the script ran fine and the job got created in the Server2.

Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘owner_sid’, Sql job script, table ‘msdb.dbo.sysjobs’

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#1 by Santhosh on July 23, 2014 - 3:06 am

Thanks for this. It helped. When I scripted out a job and executed in other environment I got this error. Issue was even though the user name is same, I was using the old Domain inside the script.
after correcting this, the script ran successfully.

#2 by Jose on April 8, 2016 - 7:07 pm

Right on the money, thanks

#3 by greg on April 26, 2017 - 3:03 pm

Worked for us as well! Thanks for great advice!

#4 by Murali on April 11, 2018 - 6:50 am

Thanks for this.. It helped me resolve the issue in DR process..

#5 by VSARA90 on June 22, 2018 - 7:42 am

Thanks your suggestions. it worked for me also.