Setup Microsoft SQL Express
for sending and receiving SMS

In this chapter you can learn about how to send and receive SMS messages using a MySQL database server with your Ozeki Phone System. In this guide you can get information about the installation steps, the database connection string, the database connection type and the database table layout for Microsoft SQL Express database server.

During the configuration you should choose the following database connection type:

OleDb

You should use the next database connection string properly for your OleDB driver:

Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=.SQLEXPRESS;User ID=ozeki;password=qwe123;Database=OzekiPBX;Persist Security Info=True

The database connection string has to be modified to match your database. You should use the ip address or the hostname of your database server instead of the "127.0.0.1". Replace "OzekiPBX" to the name of you database and replace "ozeki" and "qwe123" to the username and password that can be used to connect to your database server.

The connection string and the connection type should be entered on the SQL SMS API configuration form.

specifying connection string for microsoft sql express database
Figure 1 - Specifying the connection string for the Microsoft SQL Express database

Figure 2 shows the SQL queries that will send the SMS messages from your database.

sql queries for receiving sms messages
Figure 2 - SQL queries for receiving SMS messages

Under the SQL for receiving tab, you need to provide an SQL query that will store the incoming SMS messages. Figure 3 shows the SQL query that you need to use.

sql query for sending sms messages
Figure 3 - SQL query for sending SMS messages

After the SQL SMS API has been configured in the Ozeki Phone System, you need to create the database tables for SQL SMS API. Use the following table layout: 

-- -----------------------------------------------------
-- Table `OzekiPBX`.`ozpbxmessageout`
-- -----------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE ozpbxmessageout
(
    id int identity(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
    sender varchar(30) NULL,
    receiver varchar(30) NULL,
    msg text NULL,
    senttime varchar(100) NULL,
    receivedtime varchar(100) NULL,
    reference varchar(100) NULL,
    status varchar(20) NULL,
    msgtype varchar(160) NULL,
    operator varchar(100) NULL,
    errormsg varchar(250) NULL
);

-- -----------------------------------------------------
-- Table `OzekiPBX`.`ozpbxmessagein`
-- -----------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE ozpbxmessagein (
    id int identity(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
    sender varchar(30) NULL,
    receiver varchar(30) NULL,
    msg text NULL,
    senttime varchar(100) NULL,
    receivedtime varchar(100) NULL,
    extension varchar(100) NULL
);

It is strongly recommended to maintain an index in the database for the 'id' field of the outgoing SMS table to support faster SQL updates.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at info@ozekiphone.com.

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