Re: Calling executables from within PL/SQL

Ola Nissen wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> does anyone know if there is a possibility to start a program (an executable
> on
> the server running the database) from within PL/SQL? I would like to start
> an executable, sending a parameter list to it, from within a PL/SQL
> procedure?
>
> Also, is there any possibility to use COM objects from within PL/SQL?
>
> Thankful for all advice and response.
>
> Ola Nissen
> Systems Developer
> mailto:ola.nissen_at_ifsab.se

one way to start/execute/call a program is to wrap the call to the external program in a c-library, which can be called from within plsql via external procedure-calls; parameters can be passed by oci-calls; everything you can do with a c library can be done by external procedures (including com,...);
we are doing dce-calls from within plsql this way; so i see no reason why com should be different;
/mitt Received on Wed Feb 16 2000 - 00:00:00 CST