SQL Server

Get the Plain-Text Body of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the text/plain content type. It reads the plain-text representation already present in the email object rather than generating one from HTML. This example sets a plain-text body and reads it back.

Background: The plain-text body is the fallback representation of a message — the version shown when HTML can't or shouldn't be rendered, and the form usually preferred for search, indexing, and accessibility. GetPlainTextBody targets it specifically; if the message contains only HTML, this returns empty (check with HasPlainTextBody), so a robust extractor falls back to GetHtmlBody when needed.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    --  Demonstrates the GetPlainTextBody method, which returns the email body having the
    --  text/plain content type.  It reads the plain-text representation already present in the
    --  email object.

    DECLARE @email int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Email', @email OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @email, 'Subject', 'GetPlainTextBody example'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'SetTextBody', NULL, 'Hello, this is the plain-text body.', 'text/plain'

    --  Retrieve the text/plain body.
    DECLARE @plain nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @email, 'GetPlainTextBody', @plain OUT

    PRINT @plain

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @email


END
GO