Re: Receive Email

"ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns978D5007FF966ianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
: "Francesco" <fraberardinelli_at_tiscali.it> wrote in news:zgUTf.43355
: $A83.1170786_at_twister1.libero.it:
:
: > Ok, GREAT!
: > Could you tell me what you're talking about ? Which do you think is
: the
: > correct tool ?
: > I'm not sure that you understood exactly what my problem is...
: >
: > Thanks anyway
: >
: > "ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
: > news:Xns978D41C25F30Eianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
: >> "Francesco" <fraberardinelli_at_tiscali.it> wrote in
: >> news:maQTf.42540$PR2.794643_at_twister2.libero.it:
: >>
: >>> I would like to create a mail client for Oracle Forms.
: >>
: >>
: >> Why are you reinventing the wheel using the wrong tool?
: >
: >
: >
:
: You said that you wanted to use Oracle Form to create an email
: application.
: You seem to want to use Forms to read & write email messages.
: From my perspective that is the equivalent of using a hammer to cut a
: piece of lumber.
: Incoming email messages reside in OS text files; which may or may not be
: directly accessible to your Forms application.
:
: Besides you've neglected to mention which version of Forms
: (whether client/server or webforms).

presuming the database is Oracle, UTL_SMTP is provided for this purpose -- just about every version of forms can certainly access packages and procedures that encapsulate the appropriate UTL_SMTP calls to provide a common mail client integrated with a forms-based application.

++ mcs Received on Tue Mar 21 2006 - 10:04:15 CST