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The offical method of performing any external activity is to write the
request to an Oracle pipe and have an external program (like Pro*C) read
the request from the pipe and perform the request. Wrap these pipe
reads/writes in stored procedures. It'll be a good learning experience for
you.
- Dan Clamage
Mark Aurit <mark_aurit_at_NOSPAM.mail.northgrum.com> wrote in article
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> Is it possible to create an operating system command
> from within a stored procedure? None of the books
> I have makes mention of it, and when I tried a
> simple stored procedure it wouldnt compile.
Received on Mon Oct 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CST