Re: ??? Executing a Unix command from PL/SQL

By any chance can you do the same thing under 7.34/NT?

Rob
Thomas Kyte wrote in message <355a2ddd.9235339_at_192.86.155.100>...
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>On Tue, 12 May 1998 16:56:52 +1000, you wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>
>>Is it possible to execute a Unix command DIRECTLY from an Oracle8 stored
>>procedure? I've looked through the mans, and the closest I get is an
>>example of DBMS_PIPE use, where the stored procedure uses DBMS_PIPE to
 call
>>an ever-running Pro*C process, which then runs the system command. But is
>>there a more direct/straightforward solution?
>>
>>Thanx
>>
>>-ak
>>
>
>See chapter 10 in the PL/SQL manual. Its about External Procedures which
 let
>you call C from PL/SQL directly. Basically, you'll create a .dll on NT or
 .so
>on Unix and then you'll be able to call the functions/procedures in that
 after
>you map them to pl/sql.
>
>Thomas Kyte
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