From: Date: September 6 2002 5:39pm Subject: Re: [MySQL] HELP: Can MySQL run external programs... Sendmail for example List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/118959 Message-Id: <002501c255bb$86003100$9000000a@arctic.ro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ... > I'll also have to read up on those UDF's. Sounds interesting. ...or PAGER. Try to do a test: \P mail root@localhost; select User,Host,Password from mysql.user; \n Regards, Gelu _____________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY Permanent e-mail address : gg@stripped gelugogancea@stripped ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Burke [Experience IT]" To: "'Michael T. Babcock'" ; Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: RE: [MySQL] HELP: Can MySQL run external programs... Sendmail for example > > 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 > > ************************************************************** > * K e i t h B u r k e * > ************************************************************** > * Experience IT Ltd * Phone : +353 1 xxx xxxx * > * Unit G6 * GSM : +353 86 xxx xxxx * > * Riverview Business Park * Email : kburke@stripped * > * New Nangor Road * WWW : http://www.experience.ie * > * Dublin 12 * * > * Ireland * * > ************************************************************** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > To unsubscribe, e-mail > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > >