Re: [MySQL] HELP: Can MySQL run external programs... Sendmail for example

[Gerald Clark]

Write it in perl.
Perl has modules for MySQl and Email.


Keith Burke [Experience IT] wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>	I'm new to this list but not to MySQL. I've been using MySQL on
>Linux with PHP for the past year or two. I've always managed to sort out
>any problems by looking at the documentation on the website but my
>current problem has me perplexed.
>
>
>	I need to be able to send Emails to people from MySQL command
>line.
>
>
>	I'm importing a text file of users via a cronjob. MySQL process
>the data and segragates it into different tables. My problem is that I
>want MySQL to Email the plain text passwords to the users before it
>MD5's them. I cannot find any references that MySQL can run external
>programs [sendmail].
>
>Any help or workarounds [no matter how crazy ;-)] would be appriciated,
>although I'd rather not do the Emailing and MD5'ing at the data source.
>
>Oh, if this isn't the correct mailing list to post this, just let me
>know.
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards
>
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