May 30, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hello,
We have a .NET application using SQL Server 2005 database and we need to provide messaging (SMS) capabilities from our application to any mobile phone in the USA. Are there are any providers available who can do this or can we do it ourselves?. Any help/pointers will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ganesh
June 2, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I would guess that SMS is carrier specific so there wouldn't be a generic method to accomplish this. I know that AT&T has a domain setup that will allow sending SMS messages as an email (phone number@mms.att.net). I get notifications on my phone as SMS messages from different sources this way. One source is from a service called StormNow (www.stormnow.com). They do take into account that some people may be receiving messages on their cell phones so they provide options to make messages a maximum length and remove certain characters (usually the vowels) to be able to send more information with less characters.
If it were me working on this type of project, I would adopt StormNow's methodology. Your code to generate the email would be the hardest part. Then, sending is no more difficult that generating an email.
June 3, 2008 at 8:16 am
You need to enable the SQL DB mail option in SQL 2005.
MCP, MCTS (GDBA/EDA)
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