# Accessing Properties for Alert Tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-properties-for-alert-tags/4179>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-properties-for-alert-tags/4179 "2012-03-20T20:37:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-properties-for-alert-tags/4179/1 "2012-03-20T20:37:42Z")

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I am creating a screen to configure generic alarms that are already in a DBprovider folder.  
I have been able to UPDATE and INSERT queries into sqlt\_core and sqlt\_as for the alert tags.  
What I cannot find is where the type of alert is stored.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-properties-for-alert-tags/4179/2 "2012-03-20T21:10:42Z")

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That is stored in the sqlt\_meta table. You will find a row with the tag id and a name with value ‘AlertMode’.

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-properties-for-alert-tags/4179/3 "2012-03-20T21:41:52Z")

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Thanks Travis,

when I was looking at sqlt\_meta I missed that as I had to scroll right down to the bottom of the Query Output to find those.