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Re: Making system calls from a stored procedure

From: Finn Ellebaek Nielsen <fen_at_changegroup.dk>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:57:22 +0100
Message-ID: <7mvp0m$chl$1@news.inet.tele.dk>


For Oracle7 use something like PLEX
(http://www.oracle.com/database/features/plsql/plexdoc_toc.html), for Oracle8 use the built-in feature External Procedures (http://www.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/99-Jan/19or8.html and http://technet.oracle.com/support/scr/content/471/471.htm).

HTH. Finn

Ray <slices17_at_kreative.net> wrote in message news:379222ba.1019500_at_news.kreative.net...
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to make a system call (to invoke another executable)
> from within a stored procedure? If it is, can someone tell me how?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ray
Received on Mon Jul 19 1999 - 13:57:22 CDT

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