Our installation of ns is working great except that we have had to place the ASPNET user in the Administrator group on the web server (W2K). We have a domain user account created which NS is running as, and the service is set to run as when created - however, we do not like having the ASP...more >>

When using File System Watcher Event Provider and an invalid xml event data file is loaded into event folder, an error message will be logged into event log. In a program, I can check event log and wait for a OK/fail message writeen into the log. Is that the only way to check schema validation...more >>

when I drop event data file to realtor, stock and weather application event folde, the schema validation work fine. All xml data from other applications will be rejected. However, the flight application does not reject invalid xml file. Instead, it adds blank entry into event table. I don't se...more >>

Someone please tell me when does an event chronicle rule fire? I could not find it anywhere. I'm having problem on one of my mahines. The weather sample is not working. After I added subscription, then added an event, no notification generated. I noticed no entry was in WeatherEventsChron tab...more >>

I need to be able to send 2 different formats of email when an event happens. 1 internal that has a bunch of data about the details of the event and the other external with just a simple notification - no details. I can make this work with different device types but it seems like there s...more >>

Hi All, How NS selects one template from the many i specify in my XSLT. Regards, Sanjay...more >>

Hola to all. Someone might send a small example of sending of mail using the notification service. Thankyou *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

I recently switched my instance service to use Windows authentication. Now I'm getting the following error everytime I submit an event. Seems like the generator fails when it tries to execute this xp and no notifications are generated. I granted the windows account running the service permissi...more >>

Dear All I changed my NS$instance_name service as automatic startup , but i found the following error message in the event log "The NS$instance_name service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. " ...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to have the SQL server pick up messages from MSMQ and store it in a table, if so - how? Thanks in advance, Christian Davidsson...more >>

We are investigating whether or not we want to use Notification Services in a project. We'll have a very long running process (it currently takes 6 hours) that is basically a nightly delivery of all of the data that we collected the prior day to 15,000 customers based on their selections of wh...more >>

I have a new Windows 2000 Server with SQL Server 7, and am trying to use XP_Sendmail. The SQL Mail Service tests correctly, but when I execure XP_Sendmail, it just sits there, and no error messages are returned. Anybody seen this? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hi I want to send attachments like pdf file and html pages in the email that is generated by Notification Services (NS). My approach currently is by using CustomDelivery Protocol using IDeliveryProtocol Interface. I am trying to attach some file to mail message in DeliverNotification Method ...more >>

Hi everybody, could You please give a suggestion whether Notification services (NS) should be used in following situation ? We have two SQL Server databases (lets call it A and B) on the same SQL server instance. 'A' database contain common data that could be reused across various applicati...more >>

Hi, I have a custom delivery protocol, which is described in the appconfig.xml file as several delivery channels - each with varying parameters passed. I'm finding some of the delivery channel arguements are being reset at various times and it looks like there might be a thread safety ...more >>

Dear All, From samples provided in the Microsoft Notification Services, each sample is created as a different application. Flight, Weather, Stock is created as a different application. Is it possible when creating a Notification Services more that one application is created at once using a ...more >>

Hi all, I need to keep notifications log history for each subscriber to be viewed later, problem is NS periodically deletes the events to improve speed, isn't there any event i can use to backup data to another table before vacuumer deletes it? I hope there might be a simple way, instead of t...more >>

When sending the results of a stored procedure using sendmail, is it possible to format the output of the text?...more >>

I'm currently engaged in using Notification Services to send alerts from an application. The straightforward model of users 'subscribing' to what their interested in and matching events with a rule is fine in some situations however in others we wish to be able to push messages to users. As ...more >>

I see a need in my company to notify users of things so notification services seems a good place to start. but my question is what does the framework look like? I have a server with 4 sql server 2000 databases on it. all 4 represent different divisions of the company but the schemas a...more >>

I can't get NS to even write to a simple text file. I get the message below in my Notifications table: "Delivery never attempted: first try pending" or "Delivery failed ". Can someone take a look at my Config and ADF excerpts and point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance. ...more >>