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

[Keith Burke [Experience IT]]

Michael T. Babcock wrote:

>May I rephrase your comment?
>
>"I need to send E-mails to people from MySQL data".
>
>I recommend just doing a SELECT on the data in question and generating
>the E-mails from PERL or PHP or whatever other language you are using.




No you may not ;-)
*joke*

It needs to be run automatically without user intervention [cronjob] so
the PERL [not an option as I've never used it]  or PHP would have to be
of the CGI variety [if that's what you call the standalone version, not
the API for the web server].

But it is an option and I'll consider.

I'll probably try the suggestion by Ralf Narozny first.
It seems to be exactly what I want, plus... It's relatively simple :-)

I'll also have to read up on those UDF's. Sounds interesting.


Cheers everyone.

Regards

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