Adding hyperlink in xml in sql server db mail

A very specific question!

To add a hyperlink in an XML column in a SQL Server database, you can use the xs:anyURI data type and the <a> and </a> tags to wrap the hyperlink.

Here's an example:

CREATE TABLE #temp (xml_col XML);

INSERT INTO #temp (xml_col)
VALUES
('<root><link><a href="https://www.example.com">Click here</a></link></root>')

SELECT xml_col
FROM #temp;

This will output:

<root>
  <link>
    <a href="https://www.example.com">Click here</a>
  </link>
</root>

To send this XML as an email using SQL Server DB Mail, you can use the sp_send_dbmail stored procedure:

EXEC sp_send_dbmail
    @profile_name = 'Your DB Mail Profile',
    @recipients = '[email protected]',
    @subject = 'Test Email with Hyperlink',
    @body = 'Check out this link: ' + CONVERT(varchar(max), xml_col),
    @body_format = 'HTML';

Make sure to replace Your DB Mail Profile with the name of your DB Mail profile, and [email protected] with the email address of the recipient.

The @body parameter is used to specify the email body, and the CONVERT function is used to convert the XML column to a string. The @body_format parameter is set to 'HTML' to allow the use of HTML tags in the email body.

When the email is sent, the hyperlink should be displayed correctly in the email body.