PUSH_QUEUE Procedure

This procedure manually delivers queued mail messages stored in the APEX_MAIL_QUEUE dictionary view to the SMTP gateway.

Oracle APEX logs successfully submitted messages in the APEX_MAIL_LOG dictionary view with the timestamp reflecting your server's local time.

Syntax

APEX_MAIL.PUSH_QUEUE (
    p_smtp_hostname     IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_smtp_portno       IN NUMBER   DEFAULT NULL );

Parameters

Table 33-4 PUSH_QUEUE Parameters

Parameters	Description
`p_smtp_hostname`	SMTP gateway host name
`p_smtp_portno`	SMTP gateway port number

Note that these parameter values are provided for backward compatibility, but their respective values are ignored. The SMTP gateway hostname and SMTP gateway port number are exclusively derived from values entered on the Instance Settings page in Administration Services or set using APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN API.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the APEX_MAIL.PUSH_QUEUE procedure using a shell script. This example only applies to UNIX/LINUX installations.

SQLPLUS / <<EOF
APEX_MAIL.PUSH_QUEUE;
DISCONNECT
EXIT
EOF