SmtpServer.DBDataTable Property

A datatable that contains data to use with the MailMerge or Send methods.

Property Value

A datatable

Remarks

If you specify a value for this property, that is not null, and a call to the Send method is made, the component will attempt to address the message using that data. If a value is specified for this property and the method MailMerge is called, it's value will be overwritten because the MailMerge method expects a DataSet as one of its parameters.

Example

[C#]
            public void Send()
            {
                 SmtpServer oSmtpDotNet = new SmtpServer();
             
                 // Set the remote server name.  If left blank, "localhost" is used.
                 oSmtpDotNet.ServerAddress = "mail.domain.com";
                  
                 // Message Addressing
                 oSmtpDotNet.ToAddress = "to@domain.com";
                 oSmtpDotNet.FromAddress = "from@domain.com";
             
                 // Set the DBDataTable to an object that is of type DataTable
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBDataTable = myDataTable;
                 
                 // Set other DB properties
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBRecipientType = AddressTypes.TO;
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBEmailColumn = "email";
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBFriendlyColumn = "customerFirstName,customerLastName";
            
                 // Set the message subject and body
                 oSmtpDotNet.Body = "This is the message";
                 oSmtpDotNet.Subject = "Routine email";
                  
                 ReturnCodes nRC = oSmtpDotNet.Send();
                 if ( nRC != ReturnCodes.SUCCESS )
                 {
                      Console.WriteLine("Error #"+nRC+" occurred.");
                      Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LastError);
                      Console.Write(oSmtpDotNet.LogFileToString(false));
                      return;
                 }
             
                 // Success!
                 Console.WriteLine("Success!");
            }
            

[VB]
            Public Function Send() As Integer
                 Dim oSmtpDotNet As New SmtpServer()
                 Dim nRC As ReturnCodes
            
                 ' Set the remote server name.  If left blank, "localhost" is used.
                 oSmtpDotNet.ServerAddress = "mail.domain.com"
                 
                 ' Message Addressing
                 oSmtpDotNet.FromAddress = "from@domain.com"
                 oSmtpDotNet.ToAddress = "to@domain.com"
            
                 ' Set the DBDataTable to an object that is of type DataTable
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBDataTable = myDataTable
                 
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBRecipientType = AddressTypes.TO
                 ' Set other DB properties
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBEmailColumn = "email"
                 oSmtpDotNet.DBFriendlyColumn = "customerFirstName,customerLastName"
            
                 ' Set the message subject and body
                 oSmtpDotNet.Subject = "Routine email"
                 oSmtpDotNet.Body = "This is a briefing of the financials"
            
                 ' Send the message.  Get the return code and store it in the variable
                 ' nRC.  Then check nRC for success or failure
                 nRC = oSmtpDotNet.Send()
                 If (nRC <> ReturnCodes.SUCCESS) Then
                     ' A problem occurred.
                     ' Write out the last error encountered
                     Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LastError)
                     ' Write out the log file contents
                     Console.WriteLine(oSmtpDotNet.LogFileToString(False))
                     Exit Function
                 End If
            
                 ' Success!
                 Console.WriteLine("Message Sent!")
            End Function
            

See Also

SmtpServer Class | SmtpServer Members | SmtpDotNet Namespace | DataTable | DBEmailColumn | DBFriendlyColumn | DBRecipientLimit | DBRecipientType