Re: E-Mails

From: <Lance.Humpert_at_mail.tju.edu>
Date: 1996/08/12
Message-ID: <177E1978F.ASVLH_at_TJUVM.TJU.EDU>#1/1


Uwe Harmening asks:  

> is it possible to send email messages in the internet out of a pl/sql
> procedure? We have Oracle 7.2 for Windows NT.
> Any suggestions are welcome.
 

Since Windows NT is posix-compliant, it should support unix's "mail" command:  

  mail my_account_at_host.domain.com < email_msg  

If "email_msg" is a text file terminated by an EOF character, the "mail" command will send the file to the specified address. This command uses the less-than sign to redirect input to the desired file. If this works from Windows NT, you should be able to do the same thing from PL/SQL by using the 'host' command to pass the mail command to the operating system:  

  host mail my_account_at_host.domain.com < email_msg;  

Unfortunately, I haven't played with NT yet, and I'd like to know if this works for you. Good luck!  

  • Lance
Received on Mon Aug 12 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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