Host commands from pl/sql

From: Sunder <Sunder.nochilur_at_pcm.bosch.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:44:26 -0500
Message-ID: <77d2l2$21q$1_at_news.fr.internet.bosch.de>



[Quoted] Can anybody tell me how I can execute host commands from pl/sql procedures for the server.
Somebody suggested that I use ENXTERNAL PROCEDURES to accomplish this.But, the documentation on this topic says that external procedures can be called only from C programs.

The command I am trying to execute is

mail mailid<file1.txt Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 15:44:26 CET

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