How to mail individually in sql mail
SQL Server's built-in mail functionality, also known as SQL Mail, allows you to send emails from your SQL Server database. To mail individually in SQL Mail, you can use the sp_send_dbmail
stored procedure. Here's an example:
Step 1: Configure SQL Mail
Before you can use SQL Mail, you need to configure it. You can do this by following these steps:
- Open the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and connect to your database.
- Expand the "Management" folder in the Object Explorer.
- Right-click on "SQL Server Agent" and select "Properties".
- In the "SQL Server Agent" Properties window, click on the "Alert System" tab.
- Click on the "Database Mail" button.
- In the "Database Mail" window, click on the "New Database Mail Profile" button.
- Fill in the required information, such as the profile name, SMTP server, and email address.
- Click "OK" to save the changes.
Step 2: Create a stored procedure to send individual emails
Create a stored procedure that uses the sp_send_dbmail
stored procedure to send individual emails. Here's an example:
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_send_individual_email
@email_address nvarchar(50),
@subject nvarchar(50),
@body nvarchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @recipients nvarchar(max)
SET @recipients = @email_address
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@profile_name = 'Your Database Mail Profile',
@recipients = @recipients,
@subject = @subject,
@body = @body,
@body_format = 'HTML'
END
GO
Replace "Your Database Mail Profile" with the name of the database mail profile you created in Step 1.
Step 3: Call the stored procedure to send individual emails
To send individual emails, simply call the stored procedure and pass in the required parameters. Here's an example:
EXEC sp_send_individual_email '[email protected]', 'Hello John', 'Hello, this is a test email.'
This will send an email to John Doe with the subject "Hello John" and the body "Hello, this is a test email."
Tips and Variations
- You can modify the stored procedure to accept multiple email addresses by changing the
@recipients
variable to a table-valued parameter. - You can also use the
sp_send_dbmail
stored procedure directly without creating a custom stored procedure. - You can customize the email template by using the
@body_format
parameter to specify the format of the email body (e.g., HTML, plain text, etc.). - You can also use the
sp_send_dbmail
stored procedure to send emails with attachments by using the@attach
parameter.