Re: Calling C code from Oracle triggers

In article <3B8CEE86.DAE8099B_at_dataconnection.com>, Austin says...
>
>The online documentation for Oracle 9i says that it's possible to call
>out to C code from database triggers, as stated after the first
>paragraph of this online doc:
>
>http://download-east.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/server.901/a88856/c18trigs.htm#CNCPT017
>
>However, I can't find any information that actually tells me how to do
>it. Can anyone out there give me a reference to documentation on the
>details of this?
>
>Thanks very much,
>Austin Spreadbury.
>

the feature is called an external procedure:

http://download-west.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/appdev.901/a88876/adg11rtn.htm#1656

thats chapter 10 in the application developers guide in 9i and 8i -- chapter 10 in the PLSQL guide in 8.0 (did not exist as a feature before 8.0).

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