Script Out Database Mail Settings?
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Anyone bother to have created a script to Reverse Engineer / Script out your EXISTING database mail settings?
I set up a profile to use gMail, and it seems logical for me to export out the settings to a script, then run the script on my laptop, other servers, etc.
There's no built in option, so I figured i'd ping the forum before i do it myself.
by the way, my google-fu is strong, and there are example scripts where you fill in the blanks, examples how to set up dbmail, but i did not find anything that scripts out existing settings.
Lowell
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Use one of the creation templates, fill in your info, and then use that on your other few computers? There's not a whole lot of info that needs to be entered...it's probably quicker just to do that than searching for another way.
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yeah, digging for stuff is turning into a pain...
just going for the account info, for example, the password associated to the username used for SMTP AUTH command appears to use something a bit beyond my knowledge;
i can find the username in select * from sys.credentials, but the password for reverse engineering...hrmmm. sp_helptexting each proc is sending me deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole....
SELECT '
--CREATE Account [' + m.name + ']
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_add_account_sp
@account_name = ''' + m.name + ''',
@description = ''' + m.description + ''',
@email_address = ''' + m.email_address + ''',
@replyto_address = ''' + m.email_address + ''',
@display_name = ''' + m.display_name + ''',
@mailserver_name = ''' + s.servername + ''',
@mailserver_type = ''' + s.servertype + ''',
@port = ''' + s.port + ''',
@username = ''' + c.credential_identity + ''',
@password = ''x'',
@mailserver_name = ''mail server address''
@use_default_credentials = ''x'',
@enable_ssl = ''x'',
' AS CMD
from sysmail_account m
LEFT OUTER JOIN sysmail_server s
ON m.account_id = s.account_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.credentials c
ON s.credential_id = c.credential_id
Lowell
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As a solution to my own question, one of the real problems is that a CREDENTIAL is created to hold the password for the SMTP user; i do not know of any way to script out the password from the credentials.
dayum.
anyway, with the exception of the password, which i would have to change in the generated script, this script below does what i was looking for: this may help others in the future, especially if you are like me and like to script everything for disaster recovery and rebuilding and stuff.
The code below Reverse Engineers Database Mail Settings.
USE msdb
GO
Declare @TheResults varchar(max),
@vbCrLf CHAR(2)
SET @vbCrLf = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)
SET @TheResults = '
use master
go
sp_configure ''show advanced options'',1
go
reconfigure with override
go
sp_configure ''Database Mail XPs'',1
--go
--sp_configure ''SQL Mail XPs'',0
go
reconfigure
go
'
SELECT @TheResults = @TheResults + '
--#################################################################################################
-- BEGIN Mail Settings ' + p.name + '
--#################################################################################################
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile WHERE name = ''' + p.name + ''')
BEGIN
--CREATE Profile [' + p.name + ']
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_add_profile_sp
@profile_name = ''' + p.name + ''',
@description = ''' + ISNULL(p.description,'') + ''';
END --IF EXISTS profile
'
+
'
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_account WHERE name = ''' + a.name + ''')
BEGIN
--CREATE Account [' + a.name + ']
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_add_account_sp
@account_name = ' + CASE WHEN a.name IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + a.name + '''' END + ',
@email_address = ' + CASE WHEN a.email_address IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + a.email_address + '''' END + ',
@display_name = ' + CASE WHEN a.display_name IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + a.display_name + '''' END + ',
@replyto_address = ' + CASE WHEN a.replyto_address IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + a.replyto_address + '''' END + ',
@description = ' + CASE WHEN a.description IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + a.description + '''' END + ',
@mailserver_name = ' + CASE WHEN s.servername IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + s.servername + '''' END + ',
@mailserver_type = ' + CASE WHEN s.servertype IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + s.servertype + '''' END + ',
@port = ' + CASE WHEN s.port IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,s.port) + '''' END + ',
@username = ' + CASE WHEN c.credential_identity IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''' + c.credential_identity + '''' END + ',
@password = ' + CASE WHEN c.credential_identity IS NULL THEN ' NULL ' ELSE + '''NotTheRealPassword''' END + ',
@use_default_credentials = ' + CASE WHEN s.use_default_credentials = 1 THEN ' 1 ' ELSE ' 0 ' END + ',
@enable_ssl = ' + CASE WHEN s.enable_ssl = 1 THEN ' 1 ' ELSE ' 0 ' END + ';
END --IF EXISTS account
'
+ '
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT *
FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_profileaccount pa
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile p ON pa.profile_id = p.profile_id
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_account a ON pa.account_id = a.account_id
WHERE p.name = ''' + p.name + '''
AND a.name = ''' + a.name + ''')
BEGIN
-- Associate Account [' + a.name + '] to Profile [' + p.name + ']
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_add_profileaccount_sp
@profile_name = ''' + p.name + ''',
@account_name = ''' + a.name + ''',
@sequence_number = ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR,pa.sequence_number) + ' ;
END --IF EXISTS associate accounts to profiles
--#################################################################################################
-- Drop Settings For ' + p.name + '
--#################################################################################################
/*
IF EXISTS(SELECT *
FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_profileaccount pa
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile p ON pa.profile_id = p.profile_id
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_account a ON pa.account_id = a.account_id
WHERE p.name = ''' + p.name + '''
AND a.name = ''' + a.name + ''')
BEGIN
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_delete_profileaccount_sp @profile_name = ''' + p.name + ''',@account_name = ''' + a.name + '''
END
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_account WHERE name = ''' + a.name + ''')
BEGIN
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_delete_account_sp @account_name = ''' + a.name + '''
END
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile WHERE name = ''' + p.name + ''')
BEGIN
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sysmail_delete_profile_sp @profile_name = ''' + p.name + '''
END
*/
'
FROM msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile p
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_profileaccount pa ON p.profile_id = pa.profile_id
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_account a ON pa.account_id = a.account_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysmail_server s ON a.account_id = s.account_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.credentials c ON s.credential_id = c.credential_id
;WITH E01(N) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1), -- 10 or 10E01 rows
E02(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E01 a, E01 b), -- 100 or 10E02 rows
E04(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E02 a, E02 b), -- 10,000 or 10E04 rows
E08(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E04 a, E04 b), --100,000,000 or 10E08 rows
--E16(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E08 a, E08 b), --10E16 or more rows than you'll EVER need,
Tally(N) AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY N) FROM E08),
ItemSplit(
ItemOrder,
Item
) as (
SELECT N,
SUBSTRING(@vbCrLf + @TheResults + @vbCrLf,N + DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf),CHARINDEX(@vbCrLf,@vbCrLf + @TheResults + @vbCrLf,N + DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf)) - N - DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf))
FROM Tally
WHERE N < DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf + @TheResults)
--WHERE N < DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf + @INPUT) -- REMOVED added @vbCrLf
AND SUBSTRING(@vbCrLf + @TheResults + @vbCrLf,N,DATALENGTH(@vbCrLf)) = @vbCrLf --Notice how we find the delimiter
)
select
row_number() over (order by ItemOrder) as ItemID,
Item
from ItemSplit
Lowell
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Thanks to a PM from a fellow member here, i found that the script i posted 10 plus months ago had a few minor flaws in it: I've edited the post above to be what i think is the better solution.
1. if you ran the script and you were not in msdb, you'd get an errror,
2. two of the parameters had an extra @ symbol where they were not supposed to be, which was what my friend Mark pointed out in a PM,
3. and finally, i don't like dumping it into a varchar(max) anymore, so i added a splitting on CrLf to get multi row results.
I fell in love with varchar(max) for a while, and was getting all my results like that, but that affair is over now.
Lowell
--help us help you! If you post a question, make sure you include a CREATE TABLE... statement and INSERT INTO... statement into that table to give the volunteers here representative data. with your description of the problem, we can provide a tested, verifiable solution to your question! asking the question the right way gets you a tested answer the fastest way possible! -
Nice script > briefcasing!.
Had you considered the profiler method to see what was going on? Might have saved you some time.
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Ninja's_RGR'us (8/2/2011)
Nice script > briefcasing!.Had you considered the profiler method to see what was going on? Might have saved you some time.
no, i fell into the stubborn learn without help mode...that woudl be a good idea though...thanks!
Lowell
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Thank you, Lowell! The script is very helpful--made a major difference for a critical server migration process and I've learned a lot from it!
The only thing I added is spiced it up with QUOTENAME() around descriptions and some other fields, as some of our folks like to use single quotes in describing the accounts.
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Thanks for doing the work and letting us benefit from your efforts. Your script is helpful.
Steve
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wanted to echo my thanks for that really helpful script!
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Excellent script! Currently migrating to a new SQL Server and this has saved me a ton of time. Thank you!
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Mandeep Dulai (3/16/2012)
Excellent script! Currently migrating to a new SQL Server and this has saved me a ton of time. Thank you!glad it helped you out!
Lowell
--help us help you! If you post a question, make sure you include a CREATE TABLE... statement and INSERT INTO... statement into that table to give the volunteers here representative data. with your description of the problem, we can provide a tested, verifiable solution to your question! asking the question the right way gets you a tested answer the fastest way possible! -
Thank you very much for this script!
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mot256 (4/2/2012)
Thank you very much for this script!+1 Lowell! I knew I would need this some day after reading the post. Today was that day!
Jared
CE - Microsoft -
SQLKnowItAll (4/10/2012)
mot256 (4/2/2012)
Thank you very much for this script!+1 Lowell! I knew I would need this some day after reading the post. Today was that day!
lol thanks everyone; every thank you i get here gives me the warm fuzzies;
That's the whole reason i donate some time here!
Lowell
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