Re: Calling UNIX Script from PL/SQL

From: <yitbsal_at_statcan.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:39:17 GMT
Message-ID: <82rabl$4mu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In article <82ph05$s97$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, GoPahDoo <gopahdoo_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> Calling a UX shell script from within a pl/sql block seems like
jumping
> through hoops. Besides using DBMS_PIPE, PL/SQL External Procedures
or
> jumping out to SQL prompt, is there any other way to do this? I'm
using
> Oracle 815, running on Solaris Sun Sparc. Please share your
knowledge.
>

No other way. I use an external procedure to call a C library that runs my shell script.

Salaam Yitbarek

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