Processing Queries via Email

In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005, we
have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail to
process incoming mail.
We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail until
we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incoming
queries and returning results to user?
2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
Reporting Service?
If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I would
be very grateful.
Hi Roger
AFAIK there is no method of reading a mailbox with database mail, therefore
you would have to retain your current process of reading the mailbox or
possibly use the CLR to do this (for example see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813349 ). You could use a different (possibly
more reliable) method of delivery such as a web service instead which can be
hosted by the database server.
John
"RogerT" wrote:

> In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005, we
> have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail to
> process incoming mail.
> We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
> planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail until
> we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
> So, two questions:
> 1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incoming
> queries and returning results to user?
> 2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
> Reporting Service?
> If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I would
> be very grateful.

Processing Queries via Email

In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005, w
e
have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail to
process incoming mail.
We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail until
we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incoming
queries and returning results to user?
2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
Reporting Service?
If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I would
be very grateful.Hi Roger
AFAIK there is no method of reading a mailbox with database mail, therefore
you would have to retain your current process of reading the mailbox or
possibly use the CLR to do this (for example see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813349 ). You could use a different (possibl
y
more reliable) method of delivery such as a web service instead which can be
hosted by the database server.
John
"RogerT" wrote:

> In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005,
we
> have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail t
o
> process incoming mail.
> We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
> planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail unti
l
> we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
> So, two questions:
> 1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incomi
ng
> queries and returning results to user?
> 2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
> Reporting Service?
> If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I woul
d
> be very grateful.

Processing Queries via Email

In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005, we
have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail to
process incoming mail.
We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail until
we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
So, two questions:
1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incoming
queries and returning results to user?
2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
Reporting Service?
If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I would
be very grateful.Hi Roger
AFAIK there is no method of reading a mailbox with database mail, therefore
you would have to retain your current process of reading the mailbox or
possibly use the CLR to do this (for example see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813349 ). You could use a different (possibly
more reliable) method of delivery such as a web service instead which can be
hosted by the database server.
John
"RogerT" wrote:
> In SQL 2000, we processed queries and return results to user. In SQL 2005, we
> have not been successful in doing so. I do not see any way using DB Mail to
> process incoming mail.
> We have set up SQL Mail and are able to send mail with no problem. We had
> planned to upgrade servers from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and use SQL Mail until
> we could migrate to whatever process would provide the same functionality.
> So, two questions:
> 1. Has anyone been successful using SQL Mail on SQL 2005 to process incoming
> queries and returning results to user?
> 2. What provides the equivalent functionality in SQL 2005? Is it done via
> Reporting Service?
> If someone can point me in the right direction for either question, I would
> be very grateful.

procedure to send an email reminder help?

Hi guys,I hope somebody can help as I am trying to write a procedure in SQL that will be an email reminder sent to users on every 5 th or the month if they don't submit data before.

I am quite new to sql and procedures in particular so I was hoping somebody can help.

I need to:
1.Check the day of the month, if not 5th do nothing

2.Get the date of the prevoious month (get current date - 1 month,set day to 1)this is the funny bit.
I have a field DateEntered,but users only select the month and the year on the acctual page,but when submitted it gets written as a full date and defaults to the 1st of the month.

3.Get the list of hospitals that haven't got data for the previous month

4.Email the hospitals.

DECLARE @.returnDay int;
DECLARE @.DateEntered datetime;

SELECT @.returnDay = DatePart(day,GetDate())
If @.returnDay = 5 (syntax error near 5)
BEGIN
SELECT @.DateEntered = GetDate() - 30
Print DatePart(month, @.DateEntered)

I was hoping somebody could look at this and help me.

thanksYou don't have to get the fifth day of the month at all. When you set up your job to run your proc, just set it Monthly, every 5th day of the month.

You can the get the other date by:

SELECT @.datetime = DATEPART(MM,DATEADD(MM,-1,GETDATE()) + '/01/' + DATEPART(YY,GETDATE()

Then do what you need to do.|||skunked again, (job part)|||Yes, but I am getting this error "Syntax error converting datetime from character string"

I know there is a CONVERT function to do this but suprise,suprise I can't put it properly inside the formula