UTL_MAIL v16

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The UTL_MAIL package manages email. EDB Postgres Advanced Server supports the following procedures.

Function/procedureReturn TypeDescription
SEND(sender, recipients, cc, bcc, subject, message [, mime_type [, priority ]])n/aPackages and sends an email to an SMTP server.
SEND_ATTACH_RAW(sender, recipients, cc, bcc, subject, message, mime_type, priority, attachment [, att_inline [, att_mime_type [, att_filename ]]])n/aSame as the SEND procedure but with BYTEA or large object attachments.
SEND_ATTACH_VARCHAR2(sender, recipients, cc, bcc, subject, message, mime_type, priority, attachment [, att_inline [, att_mime_type [, att_filename ]]])n/aSame as the SEND procedure but with VARCHAR2 attachments.
Note

An administrator must grant execute privileges to each user or group before they can use this package.

SEND

The SEND procedure sends an email to an SMTP server.

SEND(<sender> VARCHAR2, <recipients> VARCHAR2, <cc> VARCHAR2,
  <bcc> VARCHAR2, <subject> VARCHAR2, <message> VARCHAR2
  [, <mime_type> VARCHAR2 [, <priority> PLS_INTEGER ]])

Parameters

sender

Email address of the sender.

recipients

Comma-separated email addresses of the recipients.

cc

Comma-separated email addresses of copy recipients.

bcc

Comma-separated email addresses of blind copy recipients.

subject

Subject line of the email.

message

Body of the email.

mime_type

Mime type of the message. The default is text/plain; charset=us-ascii.

priority

Priority of the email The default is 3.

Examples

The following anonymous block sends a simple email message.

DECLARE
    v_sender        VARCHAR2(30);
    v_recipients    VARCHAR2(60);
    v_subj          VARCHAR2(20);
    v_msg           VARCHAR2(200);
BEGIN
    v_sender := 'jsmith@enterprisedb.com';
    v_recipients := 'ajones@enterprisedb.com,rrogers@enterprisedb.com';
    v_subj := 'Holiday Party';
    v_msg := 'This year''s party is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 21 at ' ||
             '6:00 PM. Please RSVP by Dec. 15th.';
    UTL_MAIL.SEND(v_sender,v_recipients,NULL,NULL,v_subj,v_msg);
END;

SEND_ATTACH_RAW

The SEND_ATTACH_RAW procedure sends an email to an SMTP server with an attachment containing either BYTEA data or a large object (identified by the large object's OID). You can write the call to SEND_ATTACH_RAW in two ways:

SEND_ATTACH_RAW(<sender> VARCHAR2, <recipients> VARCHAR2,
  <cc> VARCHAR2, <bcc> VARCHAR2, <subject> VARCHAR2, <message> VARCHAR2,
  <mime_type> VARCHAR2, <priority> PLS_INTEGER,
  <attachment> BYTEA[, <att_inline> BOOLEAN
  [, <att_mime_type> VARCHAR2[, <att_filename> VARCHAR2 ]]])

or

SEND_ATTACH_RAW(<sender> VARCHAR2, <recipients> VARCHAR2,
  <cc> VARCHAR2, <bcc> VARCHAR2, <subject> VARCHAR2, <message> VARCHAR2,
  <mime_type> VARCHAR2, <priority> PLS_INTEGER, <attachment> OID
  [, <att_inline> BOOLEAN [, <att_mime_type> VARCHAR2
  [, <att_filename> VARCHAR2 ]]])

Parameters

sender

Email address of the sender.

recipients

Comma-separated email addresses of the recipients.

cc

Comma-separated email addresses of copy recipients.

bcc

Comma-separated email addresses of blind copy recipients.

subject

Subject line of the email.

message

Body of the email.

mime_type

Mime type of the message. The default is text/plain; charset=us-ascii.

priority

Priority of the email. The default is 3.

attachment

The attachment.

att_inline

If set to TRUE, then the attachment is viewable inline. The default is TRUE.

att_mime_type

Mime type of the attachment. The default is application/octet.

att_filename

The file name containing the attachment. The default is NULL.

SEND_ATTACH_VARCHAR2

The SEND_ATTACH_VARCHAR2 procedure sends an email to an SMTP server with a text attachment.

SEND_ATTACH_VARCHAR2(<sender> VARCHAR2, <recipients> VARCHAR2, <cc>
VARCHAR2, <bcc> VARCHAR2, <subject> VARCHAR2, <message> VARCHAR2,
<mime_type> VARCHAR2, <priority> PLS_INTEGER, <attachment> VARCHAR2 [,
<att_inline> BOOLEAN [, <att_mime_type> VARCHAR2 [, <att_filename> VARCHAR2
]]])

Parameters

sender

Email address of the sender.

recipients

Comma-separated email addresses of the recipients.

cc

Comma-separated email addresses of copy recipients.

bcc

Comma-separated email addresses of blind copy recipients.

subject

Subject line of the email.

message

Body of the email.

mime_type

Mime type of the message. The default is text/plain; charset=us-ascii.

priority

Priority of the email The default is 3.

attachment

The VARCHAR2 attachment.

att_inline

If set to TRUE, then the attachment is viewable inline. The default is TRUE.

att_mime_type

Mime type of the attachment. The default is text/plain; charset=us-ascii.

att_filename

The file name containing the attachment. The default is NULL.

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