• Here is a script I use that you can get the concept from. It sends out a nicely formated html e-mail.

    While I have made quite a few modifications to it I do not take credit for the script as I got this from a web site all though I do not recall were. This runs as a job and sends out notification of any errors in the sql server errorlog.

    DECLARE @Error_Message varchar(75)

    DECLARE @Error_Date datetime

    DECLARE @SPID varchar(15)

    DECLARE @Cnt1 int

    DECLARE @Row_Count int

    DECLARE @MxDate Datetime

    DECLARE @ErrorMsg_Message varchar(255)

    DECLARE @TableHTML varchar(8000)

    DECLARE @StrSubject VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @Oriserver VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @Version VARCHAR(250)

    DECLARE @Edition VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @ISClustered VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @sp-2 VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @ServerCollation VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @SingleUser VARCHAR(5)

    DECLARE @LicenseType VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @StartDate DATETIME

    DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME

    DECLARE @Cnt int

    DECLARE @URL varchar(1000)

    DECLARE @STR varchar(1000)

    SELECT @Version = @@version

    SELECT @Edition = CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), serverproperty('Edition'))

    SELECT @StartDate = CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(4), DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE())) + '-' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(2), DATEPART(mm, GETDATE())) + '-01' AS DATETIME)

    SELECT @StartDate = @StartDate - 1

    SELECT @EndDate = CAST(CONVERT(VARCHAR(5),DATEPART(yyyy, GETDATE() + 1)) + '-' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(2),DATEPART(mm, GETDATE() + 1)) + '-' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(2), DATEPART(dd, GETDATE() + 1)) AS DATETIME)

    SET @Cnt = 0

    IF serverproperty('IsClustered') = 0

    BEGIN

    SELECT @ISClustered = 'No'

    END

    ELSE

    BEGIN

    SELECT @ISClustered = 'YES'

    END

    SELECT @sp-2 = CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'))

    SELECT @ServerCollation = CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), SERVERPROPERTY ('Collation'))

    SELECT @LicenseType = CONVERT(VARCHAR(100), SERVERPROPERTY ('LicenseType'))

    SELECT @SingleUser = CASE SERVERPROPERTY ('IsSingleUser')

    WHEN 1 THEN 'Yes'

    WHEN 0 THEN 'No'

    ELSE

    'null' END

    SELECT @OriServer = CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), SERVERPROPERTY('servername'))

    SELECT @strSubject = 'DB Server Daily Error Log Checks ('+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), SERVERPROPERTY('servername')) + ')'

    CREATE TABLE ##Errors1 (ERRORLOG varchar(8000),continuationRow varchar(5))

    INSERT into ##Errors1

    (ERRORLOG,continuationRow)

    Exec master..xp_readerrorlog

    CREATE TABLE ##Errors (LogDate DateTime,ProcessInfo varchar(15),errortxt varchar(4000),[text] varchar(4000))

    INSERT into ##Errors

    (LogDate,ProcessInfo,errortxt)

    select substring(ERRORLOG,0,23) as LogDate,

    substring(ERRORLOG,24,8) as ProcessInfo,

    substring(ERRORLOG,34,Len(ERRORLOG)-34) as [Text]

    from ##Errors1

    where ERRORLOG LIKE '%Error:%' AND ERRORLOG NOT LIKE '%15457%' AND ERRORLOG NOT LIKE '%1073759%'

    Update ##Errors

    set Text=

    (select description from master..sysmessages

    where error=Substring(errortxt,charindex('Error:',errortxt)+6,(charindex(',',errortxt)-1)-(charindex('Error:',errortxt)+6)+1)

    and msglangid=1033)

    WHERE errortxt LIKE '%Error:%'

    AND errortxt NOT LIKE '%15457%'

    AND errortxt NOT LIKE '%1073759%'

    AND errortxt NOT LIKE '%0x%'

    SELECT @Row_Count = count(*) FROM ##Errors where logDate>GetDate()-1

    If @Row_Count<>0

    BEGIN

    SET @TableHTML =

    '<font face="Verdana" size="4">Server Info</font>

    <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="47%" id="AutoNumber1" height="50">

    <tr>

    <td width="39%" height="22" bgcolor="#000080"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Server Name</font></b></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

    <td width="39%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="2">' + @OriServer +'</font></td>

    </tr>

    </table>

    <table id="AutoNumber1" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor="#111111" height="40" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="933" border="1">

    <tr>

    <td width="50%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Version</font></b></td>

    <td width="17%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Edition</font></b></td>

    <td width="18%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Service Pack</font></b></td>

    <td width="93%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Collation</font></b></td>

    <td width="93%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">LicenseType</font></b></td>

    <td width="30%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">SingleUser</font></b></td>

    <td width="93%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Clustered</font></b></td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

    <td width="50%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@version +'</font></td>

    <td width="17%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@edition+'</font></td>

    <td width="18%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@SP+'</font></td>

    <td width="17%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@ServerCollation+'</font></td>

    <td width="25%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@LicenseType+'</font></td>

    <td width="25%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@SingleUser+'</font></td>

    <td width="93%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+@isclustered+'</font></td>

    </tr>

    </table>

    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>'

    SELECT

    @TableHTML = @TableHTML +

    '</table><p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>

    <font face="Verdana" size="4">Error Log</font><table id="AutoNumber1" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor="#111111" height="40" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="933" border="1">

    <tr>

    <td width="15%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Error Date</font></b></td>

    <td width="18%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Process Info</font></b></td>

    <td width="50%" bgColor="#000080" height="15"><b>

    <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff" size="1">Error Message</font></b></td>

    </tr>'

    SELECT

    @TableHTML = @TableHTML +

    '<tr><td width="15%" height="15"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+CONVERT(varchar(25),LogDate)+'</font></td>'+

    '<td width="18%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+ProcessInfo+'</font></td>'+

    '<td width="50%" height="27"><font face="Verdana" size="1">'+Text+'</font></td></tr>'

    from ##Errors

    WHERE Text LIKE '%Error:%' AND

    Text NOT LIKE '%15457%' AND Text NOT LIKE '%1073759%'

    and logDate>GetDate()-1

    DECLARE @From varchar(50)

    DECLARE @To varchar(50)

    DECLARE @cc varchar(50)

    DECLARE @Subject as varchar(200)

    DECLARE @vcBody varchar(8000)

    DECLARE @CurrDate datetime

    DECLARE @MailServerName VARCHAR(100)

    DECLARE @BodyType varchar(100)

    DECLARE @iMsg int

    DECLARE @hr int

    DECLARE @source varchar(255)

    DECLARE @description varchar(500)

    DECLARE @output varchar(1000)

    SET @From = 'Bud@weiser.com'

    SET @To = 'Billy@goat.com'

    --SET @cc = 'cc@yahoo.com'

    SET @MailServerName = 'vrtintex02'

    SET @Subject = @strSubject

    SET @BodyType ='HTMLBODY'

    SET @vcBody = @TableHTML

    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'CDO.Message', @iMsg OUT

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg,'Configuration.fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing").Value','2'

    -- Replace MailServerName by the name or IP of your SMTP Server.

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, 'Configuration.fields("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver").Value', @MailServerName

    EXEC @hr = sp_OAMethod @iMsg, 'Configuration.Fields.Update', null

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, 'To', @To

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, 'From', @From

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, 'CC', @cc

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, 'Subject', @Subject

    -- If you are using HTML e-mail, use 'HTMLBody' instead of 'TextBody'.

    EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @iMsg, @BodyType , @vcBody

    EXEC @hr = sp_OAMethod @iMsg, 'Send', NULL

    --PRINT @hr

    -- Sample error handling.

    IF @hr <>0

    BEGIN

    select @hr

    EXEC @hr = sp_OAGetErrorInfo NULL, @source OUT, @description OUT

    IF @hr = 0

    BEGIN

    SELECT @output = ' Source: ' + @source

    PRINT @output

    SELECT @output = ' Description: ' + @description

    PRINT @output

    END

    ELSE

    BEGIN

    PRINT ' sp_OAGetErrorInfo failed.'

    RETURN

    END

    END

    -- Do some error handling after each step if you need to.

    -- Clean up the objects created.

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @iMsg

    END

    Drop table ##Errors

    Drop table ##Errors1

    Dan

    If only I could snap my figures and have all the correct indexes apear and the buffer clean and.... Start day dream here.