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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: ??? Executing a Unix command from PL/SQL
A copy of this was sent to "ak" <ak_at_x.y> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Tue, 12 May 1998 16:56:52 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Is it possible to execute a Unix command DIRECTLY from an Oracle8 stored
>procedure? I've looked through the mans, and the closest I get is an
>example of DBMS_PIPE use, where the stored procedure uses DBMS_PIPE to call
>an ever-running Pro*C process, which then runs the system command. But is
>there a more direct/straightforward solution?
>
>Thanx
>
>-ak
>
See chapter 10 in the PL/SQL manual. Its about External Procedures which let you call C from PL/SQL directly. Basically, you'll create a .dll on NT or .so on Unix and then you'll be able to call the functions/procedures in that after you map them to pl/sql.
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Herndon VA
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