2024-07-01
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Database Mail
dbatools - new functions for Database Mail
Background The dbatools module is broadly used and is an ever-growing set of useful commands. While looking for some inspiration I checked the old issues logged on the GitHub repository. Finally, I found this one Remove-DbaDbMail Profile and Account · Issue #4990 · sqlcollaborative/dbatools (github.com). The issue was more than 2.5 years old (32 months). […]
2021-11-01
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Enable SQL Server Agent Mail Profile
Learn how to configure SQL Server Agent to allow emails to be sent for job notifications and alerts.
2019-05-06
Build and Automate a SQL Server Status Report on Server Restart or Scheduled
Do you know when a SQL Server instance restarts? When you manage many SQL Server instances you may not know when one restarts, so having an automated report emailed to you could be helpful to get an idea what's going on for that instance.
2018-05-24
3,084 reads
Sending table form HTML emails from a SQL Server database engine
The solution which helps to smiplify delivery of a table content in the HTML form using Database mail
2018-01-29
6,987 reads
Purging Old Database Mail Items
Are you purging the old database mail items stored in msdb? In this tip, Greg Larsen shows you how to purge database mail.
2017-09-21
3,011 reads
What Mail Items Have Been Sent With Database Mail
Have you ever wondered how much database mail you have sent in the past day or week? What about those database mail items that were not successfully sent. In this tip, Greg Larsen shows you how to review the database mail items that have been processed by SQL Server.
2017-09-11
3,430 reads
Changing database mail account SMTP servers
This will generate a script that drops and recreates existing db mail accounts and change the smpt server.
2013-07-08 (first published: 2013-06-19)
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2012-11-07
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2012-03-06
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Adding and Dropping Columns II
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers