Re: Calling C program from PL/SQL

From: Florence Schwaller <schwalle_at_irsid.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:01:47 +0100
Message-ID: <519A71327421D2118C2000805F65E04D02CF66D6_at_DUN-INT-NEWS01>


On Oracle unix platform IBM aix, I call C program or fortran program in Forms 4.5 in PL/sql procedures.
I use the host command :
host("<C program name>");

To see the execution program, I use this syntax for example : host("xterm -bg white -fn fixed <C program name>");

Bye,
Florence Schwaller
schwalle_at_irsid.fr

Thomas Kyte a écrit dans le message <36c7715b.6668518_at_192.86.155.100>...
>A copy of this was sent to "Roger Premo" <rogerp_at_nycap.rr.com>
>(if that email address didn't require changing)
>On Sat, 6 Feb 1999 09:58:08 -0500 , you wrote:
>
>>I need to call a C program from PL/SQL program on Oracle Unix platform. I
>>have read that PL/SQL can call a DLL, but you can't use DLL in Unix. The C
>>module is a third party program.
>>When we used Informix it was easy to link a C module when compling a 4gl
>>programs.
>>Any help will be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
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