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RYoung wrote:
>
> Here is the desciption of a package available from
> http://govt.us.oracle.com/govt/owa
>
> PLEX, The PL/SQL
> EXtender
>
> Preface
> We developed PLEX in response to an
> ever-increasing
> demand for access to foreign data sources from
> within
> PL/SQL stored procedures. Our goal was to outline
> a means
> of calling C routines from within PL/SQL without
> the need for
> any special software from Oracle. After we
> discovered a
> means of accomplishing this task, we tried to
> simplify it by
> automating the process as much as possible. PLEX
> is the
> result of this effort. .................
>
> Lee Ewertz <ewertzld_at_usano.ksc.nasa.gov> wrote in article
> <3326E41B.5F28_at_usano.ksc.nasa.gov>...
> > I have a C program that communicates to another computer on the network
> > and retrieves data from it. I there a way for a database trigger to
> > execute the C program and access the data the C program retrieves?
> > Lee Ewertz
> > ewertzld_at_usano.ksc.nasa.gov
> >
Thanks for the info no PLEX. The infomation help us out a lot
Lee Ewertz
ewertzld_at_usano.ksc.nasa.gov
Received on Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00:00 CST