Re: utl_smtp -> meeting request

From: Vladimir M. Zakharychev <vladimir.zakharychev_at_gmail.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2007 22:57:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1175234242.430221.177620@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>

On Mar 29, 9:13 am, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:50:25 +0530, "GK" <a..._at_c.d> wrote:
> >Hello,
>
> >Is there a way to send out E-mail meeing requests (Outlook) using utl_smtp ?
> >If yes, how ?
> >Oracle version: 9i
>
> >thanks,
> >GK
>
> The smtp protocol was invented on Unix in the '70s, when Billy boy was
> still resolving bugs ;)
> So, no: you would OLE to do this (or whatever it is called nowadays)
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

Sybrand,

SMTP is merely a transport protocol, Outlook calendaring events are just plain text messages, so one can surely use SMTP to transfer them. I think the OP intended to ask completely different question, something like "what's the format of these events and how they can be generated in PL/SQL."

Regards,

Vladimir M. Zakharychev
N-Networks, makers of Dynamic PSP(tm) http://www.dynamicpsp.com Received on Fri Mar 30 2007 - 00:57:22 CDT