Extended Stored Procedures (version 6.5)

The following extended stored procedures are described in this section:

• xp_cmdshell
• xp_readmail
• xp_sendmail
• xp_snmp_getstate
• xp_snmp_raisetrap
• xp_sqlinventory
• xp_sqltrace

Extended stored procedures provide a way to dynamically load and execute a function within a dynamic link library (DLL). Any non-interactive console-based program written in the C/C++ programming language can also be written as an extended stored procedure.

Important Because of changes to underlying structures, all extended stored procedures written in the C programming language must be recompiled from the C source code and relinked under Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5 to OPENDS60.LIB.