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Re: System calls and asynchronized stored procedures?

From: Reinhard Wahl <wahl_at_zv.fhg.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:51:36 +0100
Message-ID: <367A6BF8.5CE740BA@zv.fhg.de>


jListes_at_hotmail.com schrieb:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a beginning in Oracle development and I want to create an Oracle
> database with some specific features. Indeed, I would like to know if it is
> possible to:
> - Launch asynchronized stored procedures (executing in the background)?

It works with PL/SQL 2.2 and higher with the DBMS_JOB package, see Server Administrator's Guide,
or enhanced with PL/SQL 8.0 and higher with Oracle Advanced Queuing.

> - Make system calls (call a Shell script, copy files, send mails) from a
> stored procedure?

Would be a nice feature, but I think it works only with a second process via Intersession Communication (see DBMS_PIPE-Package).

>
> Please reply to me (jListes_at_hotmail.com) as well as this newsgroup.
>
> Fred Roast.
>
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hope this helps
--
Reinhard


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