Is there anyway to issue a http POST from SQL Server?

Just wondering if there is a way to issue a http post from SQL? Basically I
want to write an insert trigger that will create a SOAP msg and then send it
to a webservice, anyone know if there is an internal mechanism in
SQL/SQLXML/SOAP Toolkit or otherwise that will allow you to do this? I am
thinking an answer might be to write it in C and the create an Extended
Stored Procedure but was ondering if there was another way.
It's not SQL based, but there is a way in SQL Server 2005, using .NET
procedure or trigger. It's conceivable you might do the same in SQL Server
2000 using SP_OACreate and friends, but IIRC, the COM component that
implements this (from Wininet?) may not be thread safe. Your own XP is
another way.
Bob Beauchemin
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/bobb
"James Morton" <james_morton@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just wondering if there is a way to issue a http post from SQL? Basically
> I
> want to write an insert trigger that will create a SOAP msg and then send
> it
> to a webservice, anyone know if there is an internal mechanism in
> SQL/SQLXML/SOAP Toolkit or otherwise that will allow you to do this? I am
> thinking an answer might be to write it in C and the create an Extended
> Stored Procedure but was ondering if there was another way.
>