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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Robert Russell Cutlip, Apex, NC (US);
Robert Russell Cutlip, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products provide for generating an electronic mail message by automatically generating an electronic mail message responsive to an action being performed on a database entry. In particular embodiments of the present invention, performance of an action on the entry in the database is detected and a user defined function (UDF) of the database triggered which provides access to an electronic mail system. The UDF is triggered in response to the detection of performance of the action on the entry. The electronic mail system is accessed utilizing the UDF to generate the electronic mail message responsive to the UDF being triggered. Thus, an electronic mail message may be automatically generated via triggers and user defined functions which may be provided by the programmatic use of layering and abstraction.