Question

I’d like to send an email for each row of a result set using sp_send_dbmail.

What is the appropriate way to accomplish this without using loops?

Edit: I’m not insisting a loop is not proper here, but is there a set based way to do this. I’ve tried creating a function, but a function cannot call a stored proc inside it. Only another func or extended sp (which I’d rather not do either).

Answer 1

The best way to accomplish this is to put your email sending logic in a user defined function.

Then you would simply call SELECT MyEmailFunc(emailaddress) FROM MyTable

It avoids loops and you can even use it in an update statement to show that the email was sent. For example:

UDPATE MyTable SET SENT = MyEmailFunc(emailaddress) WHERE sent = 0