Re: SV: print directly from pl/sql ?

Lars Sjöström wrote:
>
> Not even with some HOST('lpr'||file_name)-command? I always thougt that
> would be possible, but my clients always wants a choice "Screen" or "Print",
> so I have not really had the issue on the table.
>
> Lars Sjöström
> Linköping
>
> Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> skrev i
> diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:960787722.3425.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl..
> .
> > It is *not* possible
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> >
> > "Hari Polu" <hari_at_claygency.com> wrote in message
> > news:%FY05.1855$nP2.41626_at_typhoon.southeast.rr.com...
> > > In an application using Oracle Application Server and pl/sql generated
 HTML
> > > pages, there is a need to print directly to the default printer from
 pl/sql.
> > >
> > > The control comes to a pl/sql procedure with input parameters that
 contain
> > > the text/content to be printed. Is it possible, and if so, how, to print
> > > this information directly from pl/sql code to a default printer.
> > >
> > > Operating System: Windows NT 4.0
> > > Oracle Application Server: 4.0.7.1 (pl/sql cartridge)
> > > Oracle 8i (8.1.5 Enterprise Edition)
> > >
> > > Any help?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Hari Polu
> > > hari_at_claygency.com
> > >
> > >

On a server, you won't have the 'host' command as such. You could simulate it with an asynchronous mechanism, that is, the user process write to files using UTL_FILE, and a second polling process looks for files in the directory and dumps them out to the printer.

HTH

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