Error formatting query, probably invalid parameters [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 22050)

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:28:55 +0000

I just tripped over this problem, and despite a fair amount of Googlage, I didn’t find anything that directly resolved my issue. I was trying to use dbMail in SQL Server 2008 to send an email on a schedule which included the results of a query. Doing this should be fairly straightforward, by executing the sp_send_dbmail stored procedure, which is in MSDB:

This query works fine in SSMS, but when run as a SQL Server Agent Job, it fails, with the error

Dbmail on Matt Thornton

Error formatting query, probably invalid parameters [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 22050)