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Re: How can I call a SQL Plus script from a PL/SQL script?

From: dharma- <ajdharmaraj_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 16 Jul 2002 13:23:59 -0700
Message-ID: <fb451bc0.0207161223.5d79b2c9@posting.google.com>


> I have some SQL Plus scripts that help me load data. I now need to
> add some more complicated logic so PL/SQL is required. The PL/SQL
> will need a loop which calls the existing SQL Plus scripts passing a
> date.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Rewriting the existing SQL Plus scripts to use PL/SQL would be a large
> job. These scripts work and have been in production for a while. I
> would like to avoid making major changes.
>
> Thanks,
> Don

Yes its possible, but if you are in a unix box you can write a simple c function which resides in the server to call the scripts and add a external procedure (extproc) TNS entry to call it from pl/sql. that should do the trick.
HTH.
dharma- Received on Tue Jul 16 2002 - 15:23:59 CDT

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