Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Emailing from Firebird 1.5 (Linux) in a trigger?
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
Alan McDonald wrote:

>You cannot do it from the server, nor is it recommended to create and use a
>UDF for this. Your best option at this time is to have a separate
>application running and listening for the event and firing an email
>separately.
>Alan
>
>
>
Hi Alan,

I agree that with events one can have more control, a distinct
application that are not on the server to handle e-mailing, etc. but why
you said thats is not recommended to use an UDF ?

Bad written UDF can crash the server, but once the UDF are ok, I see no
problem using it.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda.
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br