Error in reading the mails from POP3 server

Question

Hi,
I am reading mails from the POP3 server using UTL_TCP package. I am able to retrieve .txt & .doc attachments successfully.
I am facing an error when I try to retrieve an attachment with a very long name (irrespective of the file type). Also, I am unable to retrieve .docx, .xls, .xlsx file types. I noticed similarity in the reasons for the error I am getting. I realized that if I try to retrieve an attachment with a very long file name or any of the above mentioned file formats (.docx, .xls, etc.), the "name" attribute of the attachment goes to the next line and hence I am going wrong somewhere in parsing that line.(The complete line comprises of : Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformatsofficedocument.wordprocessingml.document; name="test_attachment.docx")
I realized this pattern by doing executing Telnet commands to retrieve emails from POP3 server.
I am trying to parse the line I am talking about in the following manner:
IF line LIKE 'Content-Type: %;'
               THEN
                    IF line LIKE 'Content-Type: %; name=%'
                    THEN
                         PIPE ROW (line);
                    ELSE
-- This should only print the "Content-Type". But I get an error (pasted below) at this point
                         PIPE ROW (line);
-- To read the "name" attribute which comes on the next line. But this line never gets executed since I get an error in the previous statement
                         BYTES := UTL_TCP.available (socket);
                         BYTES := UTL_TCP.read_line (socket, line);
                         PIPE ROW (line);
                    END IF;
The error I get is :
ERROR:
ORA-29261: bad argument
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_ENCODE", line 29
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_ENCODE", line 251
ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.POP3", line 117
Message was edited by:
Monk
Message was edited by:
Monk

Answer 1

Hi,
Try to manually download the file from application server using standard transactions, and than check how many records are you able to download from app. server.
I guess there might be something wrong with the format of 583rd record, which makes sap assume that the file has come to an end.
Hope this will help you.
Regards,
Vinit...