(SQL Server) Mime CurrentDateTime

The CurrentDateTime property is provide as a convenient way of getting the current date/time in RFC822 format, which is often needed for the MIME Date header field.

It is not actually a property of the MIME object. It simply returns the current date/time of the system.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int

    DECLARE @mime int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Mime" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Mime', @mime OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mime, 'SetBody', NULL, 'this is a test'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mime, 'ContentType', 'text/plain'

    -- The CurrentDateTime property is just a convenient way of
    -- get the current date/time in RFC 822 format.  It saves us
    -- the trouble of looking elsewhere for this common need.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mime, 'CurrentDateTime', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mime, 'SetHeaderField', @success OUT, 'Date', @sTmp0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mime, 'GetMime', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- The result:

    -- 	Content-Type: text/plain
    -- 	Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:18:49 -0500
    -- 
    -- 	this is a tes

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mime


END
GO