sql 2005 xp_sendmail, error message 1

[henin]

Hi everyone,
I wonder if i could get help concerning sending mail from sql server 2005 using master.xp_sendmail procedure.
My code is

EXEC master..xp_sendmail @recipients = 'name@mailaddress.com',
@message = '111',
@subject = '222'

and the error message i get is:

Msg 17985, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
xp_sendmail: Procedure expects parameter @user, which was not supplied.

Any idea why this is happening to me ?
Thanks

 

[mrdenny]

That's very strange. Any reason that you aren't using sp_send_dbmail instead of xp_sendmail? xp_sendmail is going to be removed at some point in the near future.

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[henin]

Thanks, never heard of it but i'll try to find out how it works.

 

[mrdenny]

sp_send_dbmail is the procedure which database mail uses to send mail. Database mail is the replacement for SQL mail which is where the xp_sendmail procedure came from.

Denny
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[henin]

I tried it but a @profile argument is required and this is above my ability. should i install exchange sever for that ?! it seems i'd rather stay with the good old xp_sendmail then get myself involved with mail server problems.

 

[mrdenny]

You have to setup a profile in the database mail. You can use the sysmail_help_profile_sp procedure to get a list of available profiles on the system.

Getting Exchange setup and working is much harder than getting database mail setup.

Denny
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[henin]

thanks