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Well is there any code that I can use to prod the users, as a trigger to check for changes? I was going to use Query notifications but those seem to only work with direct SQL queries, whereas I'm using stored procedures, and I also want to explicitly trigger the notifications rather than rely on MSSQL to implicitly send them. I also read that SQL notifications were meant for services monitoring the server, not client applications connected to the server.
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Well is there any code that I can use to prod the users, as a trigger to check for changes? I was going to use Query notifications but those seem to only work with direct SQL queries, whereas I'm using stored procedures, and I also want to explicitly trigger the notifications rather than rely on MSSQL to implicitly send them. I also read that SQL notifications were meant for services monitoring the server, not client applications connected to the server.

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You will have to write your own code to do that in your application. &nbsp;From SQL alone, the best you can do is add T-SQL code to send an email notifying the change. 
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You will have to write your own code to do that in your application.  From SQL alone, the best you can do is add T-SQL code to send an email notifying the change.

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Is there a command in MSSQL that will allow me to send a message to connected users? I see that the SqlConnection class in C# has an InfoMessage event, I just need to be able to send the message from the server in a stored procedure. I'm guessing this is pretty easy, but I tried googling this and all I found were people trying to send emails from stored procedures.<br />
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Is there a command in MSSQL that will allow me to send a message to connected users? I see that the SqlConnection class in C# has an InfoMessage event, I just need to be able to send the message from the server in a stored procedure. I'm guessing this is pretty easy, but I tried googling this and all I found were people trying to send emails from stored procedures.



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