Re: Calling a C routine from PL/SQL program

From: Steve Phelan <stevep_at_no-spam.pmcgettigan.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1997/06/18
Message-ID: <33A7995C.BF619A1D@no-spam.pmcgettigan.demon.co.uk>#1/1

Alex B. Danchenkov wrote:

> Hello!
> There is a little PL/SQL related question.
> Is there any way to call a C routine from stored PL/SQL program on
> database
> server side?
> I have Oracle7 Server v7.3.3 for Win NT 4.0.
> Thanks in advance
> ----------------------------------------------
> Alex B. Danchenkov, Certified Oracle DBA,Leaves Inc.
> dabr_at_leaves.spb.su

Well there is no way to 'call' directly. but you can use 'pipes' as your IPC mechanism. Look them up in the Oracle docs. I've done this on UNIX but not NT, so you might want to get a little more feedback from someone on that OS.

Steve Phelan. Received on Wed Jun 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT