The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for publishing messages through a messaging client of a database server. A message to be published to one or more message brokers is received at a server and from a database client. The message is in the form of a SQL statement. The received message is processed at the server. Message broker configurations associated with the received message are determined. The message is published to the one or more message brokers by invoking a messaging client at the server and using at least the message broker configurations.