Schedule Script to Run without Job Agent

We do not have Job Agent available but need an event to trigger on a schedule. I did find a posting in here, which kind've shows how to do it. The syntax is below.
WHILE 1 = 1
BEGIN
WAITFOR DELAY '00:30:00';
EXEC sp_dbhelp;
END
My question is what would you save the above as, so it would know to execute the stored procedure every 30 minutes? I do not want to this from Windows Scheduler. Any assistance would be appreciated.

If you were asking this question on SQL EXPRESS forums, then you probably get a simple solution.
SQL Server EXPRESS do not have an Agent and My prefer solution for jobs is using SERVICE BROKER for that :-)
This solution might fit your needs as well.
Check this link (I did not read it all but it look like it give this solusion):
http://www.sqlteam.com/article/scheduling-jobs-in-sql-server-express
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Hi LiamSexton,
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