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clinttoris_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello experts,
>
> I just wrote some code to email users using UTL_SMTP. Now my problem
> is in the body of the email I want to say "Here is your hyperlink" and
> then display the link. I have the link sitting in a database that I
> want to pull out and display however when the user receives the email
> one cannot click the link to goto the hyperlink it is just plain black
> text. Here is part of the code that does this
>
> message := 'Hello'||v_data.Name||',<BR>
> <BR>
> Here is the hyperlink:<BR><BR>'||
> v_data.Link;
>
> Obviously there is more code to this but this is the jist of the code.
> Any ideas. The Link field in the database is a Varchar2(4000). It's
> an oracle database using oracle 10 with microsoft exchange server.
>
> Thanks.
>
From above, I can see that you know that you have to include HTML markup tags such as "<BR>". But you'll also have to include the "<A HREF>" tag around your link as well.
This works if your recipient receives email as HTML code, but what if their email program receives mail as straight text?
Cheers,
Brian
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