In this article you can read about
how to send SMS messages from MSSQL Server 2016 with the
help of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway needs to be
downloaded and
installed on your computer to provide SMS functionality to your database.
If you have installed Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software on your
computer then you can start to setup your SMS system. To send SMS messages from
MSSQL Server 2016 you need to do the followings:
Create a new user and database in your MSSQL server.
Create two tables in the created database for the outgoing and incoming messages: "ozekimessageout" and "ozekimessagein".
Install MSSQL native client on the PC where Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is installed.
Connect Ozeki NG SMS Gateway and database together.
Create a new user and database in your MSSQL server 2016
Start SQL Server Management Studio at Start / All programs /
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 / SQL Server Management Studio. Then log into MSSQL
Server with your username and password that you usually use for authentication
in Windows. Now click on Security menu item and then right click on New Login menu item.
(Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Select new login menu item
Provide a username, select SQL server authentication method
and give a password for this user (Figure 2).
Figure 2 - Username and password
Now right click on the Databases menu item in the left menu, and select
the New database menu item (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - New database
In the next window you need to provide a name for the database, and you
have to specify the user who will be the owner of this database (Figure 4).
Select the previously created user (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Database name and owner
After you have create the database, you need to create two tables. First, click on
New Query menu item (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - New Query
Here you need to give the script in order to create the database tables. Ozekimessageout will
be responsible for sending out SMS messages, and ozekimessagein will store the incoming SMS messages.(Figure 6).
CREATE TABLE ozekimessageout (
id int IDENTITY (1,1),
sender varchar(30),
receiver varchar(30),
msg nvarchar(160),
senttime varchar(100),
receivedtime varchar(100),
operator varchar(100),
msgtype varchar(30),
reference varchar(30),
status varchar(30),
errormsg varchar(250)
);
The next step is to install MSSQL Server Native Client to the PC where Ozeki NG
SMS Gateway is installed. If you wish to connect your Ozeki NG to the MSSQL server throught OleDB
provider, you need to install this plugin.
After you have installed SQLNCLI, return to the GUI of your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. On the right
side of the main page, click on Add new user or application link (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - Add new user or application
Select the Database user from the list of available users and applications (Figure 8).
Figure 8 - Database user
Provide a name for the Database user (Figure 9).
Figure 9 - Name of the database user
The next step is to select a Connection string type and provide the Connection
string in order to connect the two software together. In the connection string you need to change
the following parameters based on your server: Server (you need to provide the name
of the server with IP address or hostname), Database name, Uid and Pwd (Figure 10).
If you click on Ok button, you can find in the log entries whether the
connection has been built succesfully or not (Figure 11).
Figure 11 - Events
If you would like to send a test message from the ozekimessageout table, you
only need to click on SQL prompt menu in the left part of the GUI, and select the insert into query
that can be found in the dropdown list (Figure 12).
Figure 12 - SQL prompt
If you have inserted a test message into the ozekimessageout table, you
can verify if it is sent or not under the Events menu. (Figure 12).
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