Re: PLSQL - Escaping to host?

Oracle FAQ wrote:
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> fern_at_aa.net (Fernando Luna) writes:
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> >Simon <jb85_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:
 

> >>I'm trying to write a PL/SQL package which will involve a couple of
> >>operating system commands; if I were writing this in SQL*Plus, I'd
> >>use the HOST command, but I'm not sure if the equivalent exists in
> >>PL/SQL.
One thing that does work pretty good is to set up a userexit in a ProC (or whatever your favorite language is) that executes a host command. Then write a wrapper around it so you can call it from PL/SQL. Received on Tue May 07 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST