Re: Can C programs be invoked from triggers?

In article <384iif$m7q_at_server.st.usm.edu> jwingram_at_whale.st.usm.edu (Jonathan Wayne Ingram) writes:
>I am not sure you got the question quite right -- he asked if he could call
>a c program, not communicate with one. As to calling, the answer is no
>when you refer to database triggers. But the above mentioned solution
>will work if you want ot have your c program loop infinitely and check
>the pipe each time through the loop :)

Well, it's not all that bad. If you do a blocking read in the loop the C program will be asleep, and therefore not using the processor, until it needs it.

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Joe Halpin 
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