I'm in the middle of evaluating JAMES and a keen believer in open source projects, but I am not impressed about its behavious with Oracle as this is a must be db server type to use, I'm afraid.
So any useful feedback as to the problem of not able to read a message from JAMES POP server would be most appreciated. Sam. >but the message body field should contain readable plain text when you >select it. >-----Original Message----- >From: Samuel Sadek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 11:00 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: How to make James work with Oracle database? > > >LONG data type caters for instances of field lengths > 4000 with maximum >capacity of 2GB of text. It strictly holds text value. Using >varchar2 which >is equivalent to varchar (MySQL) holds text up to 4000 characters >in length >which is inadequate. That's the reason of my using LONG. > >Can anyone please help with this issue? > >Sam. > > >long is the wrong datatype ... I dont know what Oracle datatype >it >should > >be, but MySQL has one called LONGTEXT that I use. > >d. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Samuel Sadek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 1:05 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: How to make James work with Oracle database? > > > > > >Danny, > > > >I've followed the suggested instructions below and these are the > >output I've > >got from my POP server: > > > > >what does the content of the message_body field contain? it > >should >hold a > > >complete mail message with all its headers. > > > >Initially I sqlplus'd into my oracle db and executed the following SQL > >statements: > > > >SQL> select message_state from inbox; > > > >MESSAGE_STATE > >------------------------------ > >root > >root > >root > >root > >root > >root > > > >6 rows selected. > > > >SQL> select message_body from inbox; > > > >MESSAGE_BODY > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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>333333323333343133333333333333353332333033323432333333303333333033 > >33333033333330 > >. > > > > >QUIT > > > >and then quitted pop session from console. > > > > >d. > > > >Can you please tell me if any aspect of oracle config is incorrect, the > >message's body is actually stored correctly in the db, and if so, > >what could > >be the cause of my pop3 client not able to receive the message header and > >more importantly, the message body? > > > >One point I need to make is I'm able to query the message headers > >from the > >db correctly... > > > >Would appreciate your feedback. > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Sam. > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Samuel Sadek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:44 PM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: RE: How to make James work with Oracle database? > > > > > > > > >I'm experiencing some major problems with JAMES hooked with >Oracle 8.1.7. > > >The problem doesn't reside receiving, processing new mail and > > >thus storing > > >the resulting message in the inbox table in Oracle as I've ran >a check on > > >the size of the table via "select count(*) from inbox", but > > >actually reading > > >the new mail off from inbox table using a customised POP mail client > > >software using JavaMail. I've used the same client to access > > >other POP mail > > >with no problems at all, but when I attempt to read from JAMES > > >POP server it > > >doesn't receive it!!! > > > > > >Please find below the create SQL clause I've used to create the > > >inbox table > > >in the first place: > > > > > ><sql name="createTable" db="oracle"> > > > CREATE TABLE ${table} ( > > > message_name varchar2 (200) NOT NULL, > > > repository_name varchar2 (200) NOT NULL, > > > message_state varchar2 (30) NOT NULL , > > > error_message varchar2 (200) NULL , > > > sender varchar2 (200) , > > > recipients varchar2 (1000) NOT NULL , > > > remote_host varchar2 (100) NOT NULL , > > > remote_addr varchar2 (20) NOT NULL , > > > message_body long NOT NULL , > > > last_updated date NOT NULL , > > > PRIMARY KEY (message_name, repository_name) > > > ) > > > TABLESPACE system > > ></sql> > > > > > >I'm also aware of Sun's problem with ot reading data off from > > >clob so I've > > >used a long data type which is standard and should not be the > > >cause of the > > >problem (althought I'm hoping that's not the case!). > > > > > >This thread seems to be rather long-winded and pervasive but I would > > >appreciate it your comments/feedback on the matter. > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >Sam. > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
