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sandosh.star

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:22 PM

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my query

USE [AP_ECC]
GO
/****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[ap_ecc_Mail_for_statuslog] Script Date: 02/06/2013 11:03:01 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER procedure [dbo].[ap_ecc_Mail_for_statuslog] as
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@recipients=N'internal@zeroone.com'
,@body='Hi Team,

Please find attached the status log for today.

Please check the status .

Regards,
Reporting team
'
,@subject ='Status Log for Today'
,@profile_name ='Status HDS A'
,@query ='SELECT [TableName]
,[DateLastRun]
,[StartTimeStamp]
,[EndTimeStamp]
,[StatusLastRun]
FROM [ICMRPTSVR].[ICMRPTDB].[dbo].[icmrptdb_statuslog]'

,@attach_query_result_as_file = 1
,@query_attachment_filename ='Status_Log.txt'

my query is attaching txt file i want it as excel type

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foxxo

Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2013 12:21 AM

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You need a tab delimited file for excel to recognise it and the file extension needs to be .csv (.xls will work but will display an error first).

eg.

DECLARE @query_result_separator CHAR(1) = char(9);

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@recipients=N'test@test.com'
,@body='Hi Team,

Please find attached the status log for today.

Please check the status .

Regards,
Reporting team
'
,@subject ='Status Log for Today'
--,@profile_name ='Status HDS A'
,@query ='SELECT ''dddddddddd'' as columnheader, ''aaaaa'' as col2, ''ffffff'' as col3
UNION ALL 
     SELECT ''a'',''b'',''c'''

,@attach_query_result_as_file = 1
,@query_attachment_filename ='Status_Log.csv' 
,@query_result_separator= @query_result_separator
,@exclude_query_output = 1

Post #1416273

CapnHector

Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:31 AM

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foxxo (2/6/2013)

You need a tab delimited file for excel to recognise it and the file extension needs to be .csv (.xls will work but will display an error first).

eg.

DECLARE @query_result_separator CHAR(1) = char(9);

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
@recipients=N'test@test.com'
,@body='Hi Team,

Please find attached the status log for today.

Please check the status .

Regards,
Reporting team
'
,@subject ='Status Log for Today'
--,@profile_name ='Status HDS A'
,@query ='SELECT ''dddddddddd'' as columnheader, ''aaaaa'' as col2, ''ffffff'' as col3
UNION ALL 
     SELECT ''a'',''b'',''c'''

,@attach_query_result_as_file = 1
,@query_attachment_filename ='Status_Log.csv' 
,@query_result_separator= @query_result_separator
,@exclude_query_output = 1

Please do not make a tab delimited Comma Separated Value file (what csv stands for). Now the suggestion to create a type of file excel can open and display with out being an xls(x) is a very good one. my personal preference is a tab delimited text file (using .txt) or a pipe delimited file as both tabs and pipes are rarely present in data (unlike commas which in a csv file need special handling).

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