Re: How To Run Unix Applications From The Database

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_roughsea.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:33:11 +0200
Message-ID: <4CADCC17.7030103_at_roughsea.com>



External procedure, perhaps?
Although this is the kind of requirement that makes me uncomfortable ...

Stephane Faroult
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On 10/07/2010 03:28 PM, Scott Canaan wrote:
>
> I need to be able to call a unix program or script from PL/SQL,
> particularly from a trigger. There must be a way to do this, but I
> can't find anything in the Oracle documentation, other than running
> from SQL*Plus. I can't use SQL*Plus, it has to be a stored procedure
> / function in the database. Is there a package that would work for this?
>
> This needs to work for both Oracle 10g and 11g.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan_at_rit.edu <mailto:Scott.Canaan_at_rit.edu>)
>
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