Re: faxing from Databases???????????

In <kitten-1603972102310001@kitten.easynet.co.uk> kitten@easynet.co.uk (Stephen Munnion) writes: >Does anybody know if it is possible to compile a letter from a client's >details on a database which includes a fax number and then automatically >fax the letter using this fax number obtained from the database. Is it >then possible to record in the database for future reference whether the >fax was sent successfully or not. If anyone knows of a database system >that can do this can they let me know? I dont know of a specifically written application, but I use a product (Unix based) called TotalFax (also called FlexFax I believe) which accepts command line arguments that can be supplied by the database app. The kludge comes in the return phase, where the fax software's log file is awk'ed for the relevant information and a loading daemon scoops up the output on a periodical basis. This info just gets LOADed into a log table. Sorry for the brevity, if the info's of any use to you, please mail and I'll elaborate it. Bryan Tonnet batonnet@zeta.org.au