Help Automating iphoto process

I'm a newbie to automator and am not a software person, i was hoping someone could help me with the following repetitive task by getting me started in the right direction.
Is the following possible with Automator.
Automator script to be used within Iphoto
with iphoto album selected
Select all in album
set Batch change to "set title " and check the append a number check box.
label the first 9 shots as A and then the next 9 shots as B and the next as C and so on until all shots are labeled. (The resulting labels of the photos in the album should look like A-1 A-2 A-3....A-9 and then B-1 B-2....B-9 and so on).
following that
select all in the album again and export full size images to new folder on desktop with folder labeled same as album.
following that using another application called "Smallimage2"
open application Smallimage2 , drag the new folder from the desktop into Application "Smallimage2" .. or possibly open Smallimage2 and under the file menu add new file then navigate to the new folder on my desktop.
end script.
from there i can set my Smallimage2 settings and complete the task
(smallimage2 allows me to resize and compress the photos to my needs)
I would appreciate any help with this.
Thanks
Frank

Jen,
The code is wrong. You should test your code in SQL Workshop at least. Now I fixed it but didin't analyze it further:
DECLARE
   l_counter   NUMBER;
BEGIN
   OWA_UTIL.mime_header ('text/xml', FALSE);
   HTP.p ('Cache-Control: no-cache');
   HTP.p ('Pragma: no-cache');
   OWA_UTIL.http_header_close;
   HTP.prn ('<select><option value="">- Select Outcomes 2 -</option>');
   FOR rec IN (SELECT DISTINCT out2
                          FROM OUT
                         WHERE out1 = :v_out1 AND out2 IS NOT NULL
                      ORDER BY OID)
   LOOP
      l_counter := 0;
      IF rec.out2 = "Other - specify"
      THEN
         l_counter := 1;
      ELSE
         HTP.prn ('<option value="' || rec.out2 || '">' || rec.out2
                  || '</option>'
      END IF;
   END LOOP;
   IF l_counter = 1
   THEN
      HTP.prn (   '<option value="Other - specify">'
               || 'Other - specify'
               || '</option>'
   END IF;
   HTP.prn ('</select>');
END;Use some tool to format your code. It will inform you if it has some syntax errors in it. For example SQL Developer or TOAD.
Denes Kubicek
http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/
http://www.apress.com/9781430235125
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:1
http://www.amazon.de/Oracle-APEX-XE-Praxis/dp/3826655494
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