--As off Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:25 AM -0800, hodges@xprt.net is
alleged to have said:
> I am interested in having a PostgreSQL query run and some email
> sent on an automatic basis. Doesnt seem like trigger does this
> sort of thing and I didnt see any reference to sending email
> in a couple PostgreSQL books.
>
> My host system is Redhad 8, Apache, Postfix, PHP and Perl.
> I could add another scripting language if needed. Shell
> is bash.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
I'd write a Perl script that runs the query and sends the email, then
set a cron job to run the script. Should be fairly simple, look at
CPAN for MAIL:: modules that you can use to help with sending the
email.
Daniel T. Staal
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