Re: function to send email with query results

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: function to send email with query results
Date: 2015-04-18 11:04:32
Message-ID: 20150418110432.GA12157@tux
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Suresh Raja <suresh(dot)rajaabc(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I'm looking to write a function to send email with result of a query.    Is it
> possible to send email with in a function.  Any help is appreciated. 

Only with functions written in untrusted languages, for instance pl/sh or
pl/perlU. Not with pure SQL, no with pl/pgsql or similar.

Consider: you can't rollback a conveyed mail.

Andreas
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