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On 30 Jan 1997 06:15:52 GMT, dmk42_at_aol.com (DMK42) wrote:
>Is it possible to invoke a C program from PL/SQL? In particular I'd like
>to call a C program from a stored proc. or function (V 7.1, soon to
>upgrade to 7.3), If possible I'd like to pass parameters to the program
>and get data back from it.
>
>If the program can't be called directly perhaps PL/SQL can invoke an OS
>command (AIX in my case) and run the program from the OS command line. Is
>this approach possible?
>
>I haven't been able to find anything on this in the Oracle documentaion or
>3rd party PL/SQL texts.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Don Kaskowitz
>Oracle DBA
>kaskow_at_vitek.com
Thomas Kyte
Oracle Government
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
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