Help with Mutating Error / Trigger / APEX_MAIL.SEND

Question

Hello:
I am trying to get the apex_mail.send function working when a user submits a new record. I've taken the code from the canned Issue Tracker application code and tried to retrofit it to my tables. However I keep receiving a mutating error on line 11 (line 11 bolded below):
-- Create a trigger that will send notification after
-- the submission of each new idea on the IDEAS table.
create or replace trigger IDEAS_EMAIL
AFTER
insert or update on IDEAS
for each row
begin
IF (INSERTING AND :new.manager_name IS NOT NULL)
OR
(UPDATING AND (:old.manager_name IS NULL OR :new.manager_name != :old.manager_name) AND :new.manager_name IS NOT NULL) THEN
FOR c1 IN
(SELECT fname, lname, email
FROM ideas_users
WHERE fname||' '||lname = :new.manager_name)
LOOP
IF c1.email IS NOT NULL THEN
FOR c2 IN
(SELECT MANAGER_NAME, FULL_TEXT, SUMMARY, ID, SUBMITTED_BY, SUB_DATE
FROM IDEAS
WHERE ID = :new.ID)
LOOP
APEX_MAIL.SEND(
p_to => c1.email,
p_from => c1.email,
p_body =>
'This is a test message. ' ||chr(10)||
p_subj => 'test email subject');
END LOOP;
END IF;
END LOOP;
END IF;
end;
I've also tried setting the following line to the primary key field in the user table and inserting that value into the main table but I still get the same error message.
WHERE fname||' '||lname = :new.manager_name)
Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Let me get this straight..
You are inserting a row into a table, and when you insert the row, you are going to send an e-mail t o the manager who owns this row. In the data you are inserting, is the e-mail address of the manager, right?
David has provided the answer for you.. Use the :NEW.Email value instead of creating a cursor and all that.. Unless you have a need to e-mail multiple people of the record insert..
Thank you,
Tony Miller
Webster, TX
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