Re: executing shell scripts from PL/SQL

gigi_at_info.ucl.ac.be (Gianluigi Alari) wrote:

>I am looking for a simple way of calling a UNIX program/shell script
>from a PL/SQL block: is there a way?
 

>-gg
 

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No. No way to call a Unix shell from a PL/SQL block (If someone knows a way, send me a mail!?!). Oracle is like a black box: the only thing you can do from a PL/SQL block, is accessing Oracle tables! I think they want to limit us to access only ORACLE data!

Guy Lapierre
DMR
glapier_at_mediom.qc.ca Received on Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00:00 CET