Re: Running Shell Script From Stored Proc

When i used forms 4.0, the only way i could see of solving the problem was to save the output of the shell script to file and use utl_file from forms to read the value into a forms variable.

There may be another way which i am not aware of though.

Mark

yitbsal_at_statcan.ca wrote in message <7ha43v$jbh$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi,
>
>What is the best way run a shell script from a stored procedure? In
>general, what is the best way to run any operating system command and
>get a return value?
>
>My environment is Oracle 8 on a Unix box.
>
>Thanks,
>Salaam Yitbarek
>
>
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Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 09:49:21 CEST