How to display an URL in a UTL_SMTP email in a package.

Question

Hi all, I tried to display this uRL from a text line in a email i send out.
lv_message :=
            lv_message
         || 'ABCDEFGHIJKLM'
         || lv_bss_siteid_notin_lkup;
      lv_message := lv_message || gv_crlf;
      lv_message := lv_message || gv_crlf;
      lv_message := lv_message || gv_crlf;
      lv_message := lv_message || gv_crlf;This error popss up
Error(1368,13): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "<" when expecting one of the following: ( - + case mod new null <an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> avg count current max min prior sql stddev sum variance execute forall merge time timestamp interval date <a string literal with character set specification> <a number> <a single-quoted SQL string> pipe <an alternatively-quoted string literal with character set specification> <an alternatively-quoted SQL string>
Message was edited by:
CrackerJack

Answer 1

Hi Billy,
I grabbed this procedure from metalink.But it does not work.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_batch_email_test
IS
    mailhost VARCHAR2 (30) := 'smtp.company.com';
    mail_conn utl_smtp.connection;
    crlf VARCHAR2(2) := CHR (13) || CHR (10);
    message_1 LONG;
    v_email varchar2(16000);
BEGIN
    mail_conn := utl_smtp.open_connection (mailhost, 25);
    utl_smtp.helo (mail_conn, mailhost);
    utl_smtp.mail (mail_conn, '[email protected]');
    utl_smtp.rcpt (mail_conn, '[email protected]');
      message_1 := 'From: Mr Sender < [email protected] >' || crlf ||
         'Subject: Testing Hyperlink' || crlf ||
         'To: Mrs Receiver <[email protected]>' || crlf || '
|| crlf || crlf ;
utl_smtp.data(mail_conn, 'MIME-Version: 1.0' ||CHR(13)||
CHR(10)||'Content-type: text/html' || CHR(13)||CHR(10)||message_1);
utl_smtp.quit (mail_conn);
END;
I tried incorporating || 'ABCDEFGHIJKLM' but it displayed as literal and not as a hyperlink.
Any idea on howto programmatically through PL/SQL send an email which will allow a hyperlink to be created?
Please click edit to see teh codes.Really appreciate if someone could throw some light into this.
I don't why that URL is not displaying in the procedure...grr
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CrackerJack