Periodic Alert-How to send all the records returned from the SQL in a mail?

Question

Hello all,
I have defined a Periodic Alert, my SQL query returns more than one record whenever I run it. I also defined an action to send an email with the message consisting of the output variables from the SQL. Whenever i run this alert, a mail is being sent for every single record returned from the query. But i want to send a single mail containing all the records information that my SQL query returns.
For Example: My SQL query lists all the users created on current date.
Select User_Id, User_Name into &OUTPUT1, &OUTPUT2
from fnd_users where trunc(creation_date) = trunc(sysdate)
Now i want to send a mail with all the users information from the above query, to SYSADMIN. How can this be achieved?
Thanks & Regards
chakoo

Answer 1

Hi Chakoo,
If the Periodic Alert is not working as requried. You can write a simple package with 3 procedures to implement the writing output to a out file and simultaneuosly send email to multiple receiptents.
Example:
Create Package xx_pac
Create public Procedure P1
begin
Select User_Id, User_Name into &OUTPUT1, &OUTPUT2
from fnd_users where trunc(creation_date) = trunc(sysdate)
fnd_file.put_line (fnd_file.output, &OUTPUT1, &OUTPUT2);
end;
(Create private Procedure P2
begin
---Write the email package using the UTL_SMTP approch. Using this approch you can send the procedure P1 output file as an attachment to the desiginated receiptents.
end;
(Create public Procedure P3
begin
---call the procedure P1 using the "g_request_id = fnd_request.submit_request"
---Wait for the above procedure to complete using "l_conc_status := fnd_concurrent.wait_for_request" procedure.
---call the procedure P2. (When called you must provide the correct to, from address)
end;
end;
Register the Package xx_pac as a concurrent program and schedule when submit it from the request.
Regards
Arun Rathod