| From: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Steve Howe <howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Friedrich Dodt <friedrich(dot)dodt(at)efonds24(dot)de>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Where is PLbash ?? |
| Date: | 2002-06-25 20:53:58 |
| Message-ID: | 3D18D866.81A18904@Yahoo.com |
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Steve Howe wrote:
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 2:54:06 PM, you wrote:
>
> BM> Well, sending an email is something only PL/sh can do. I don't see the
> Pl/Python, or PL/Perl can do it easily too (even without opening
> external processes I mean). PL/TCL certainly should do it too.
>
Well, PL/TclU can do
set sm [socket localhost smtp]
puts $sm "HELO PostgreSQL"
...
close $sm
Underneath eMail is still a telnet style protocol and well documented
too. Noone needs a damned shell with all it's portability and security
problems to generate a simple eMail notification.
Jan
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