On 18/06/04, Harald Fuchs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I should have mentioned that we need the messages sent very soon after > > they have landed in the 'inbox'; otherwise cron would definitely be the > > way to go -- including an @reboot line. > > This rules out a cronjob. How about writing a pl/perlu function which > sends the mail and calling that function by an AFTER INSERT trigger?
I was trying to avoid having an untrusted language in the database. After all, this may be the way to do, and I don't need to worry about daemons or anything like that. Even further off-topic: How does a pl/perl function access perl modules? Is there a sensible way of testing them? Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <www.campbell-lange.net> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
