Retrieving data from database and mail them

[Jari Dolberg]

Hi,

I am looking for a solutions for the following problem,
I need to access at database from within a website, from where I can
retrive a specific document in the database and mailing it to someone
else. Of course I cut crab the document from the database and save it on
my harddrive, and then send it. But this process don't fit into our
busy days.

I thought that javascript might be an idea?

Can anyone help?

[Joakim Braun]

"Jari Dolberg" <ja*********@ho tmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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Hi,

I am looking for a solutions for the following problem,
I need to access at database from within a website, from where I can
retrive a specific document in the database and mailing it to someone
else. Of course I cut crab the document from the database and save it on
my harddrive, and then send it. But this process don't fit into our
busy days.

I thought that javascript might be an idea?

Can anyone help?

There is no Javascript-intrinsic, cross-browser database connectivity
mechanism (though very possibly some technology that is IE-only). However,
client-side you might find the "new Image()" technique useful, like so:

var newImage = new Image();
newImage.src =
"ma************ *************** *************** ***********@som ewhere.com.

This would have the effect of triggering a server-side page (PHP in this
case), which can harvest the query string, contact the database, retrieve
the data, format it and email it. Depending on the complexity of the
database interaction, I'd say this might take maybe 20 lines of server-side
PHP code.

Joakim Braun

[Philip Ronan]

On 8/9/04 7:18 pm, Joakim Braun wrote:

However,
client-side you might find the "new Image()" technique useful, like so:

var newImage = new Image();
newImage.src =
"ma************ *************** *************** ***********@som ewhere.com.

Good grief, don't put anything like that on your web pages. Not unless you
want a bunch of bored teenagers emailing your database all over the place.

--
Philip Ronan
ph***********@v irgin.net
(Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)

[Joakim Braun]

"Philip Ronan" <ph***********@ virgin.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:BD6510A7.2 0D45%ph******** ***@virgin.net. ..

On 8/9/04 7:18 pm, Joakim Braun wrote:

However,
client-side you might find the "new Image()" technique useful, like so:

var newImage = new Image();
newImage.src =
"ma************ *************** *************** ***********@som ewhere.com.

Good grief, don't put anything like that on your web pages. Not unless you
want a bunch of bored teenagers emailing your database all over the place.

--
Philip Ronan
ph***********@v irgin.net
(Please remove the "z"s if replying by email)

Well, demo code doesn't preclude some additional application of brains for
real-world deployment.

Joakim Braun