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oracle 7.X NO, Oracle 8.X Yes.
in Oracle 8.1.6 there is a package which is used for external procedure
call.
Tom
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> is it possible to execute a unix command from an oracle procedure?
> and save it's output in a variable?
>
> Thanx
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