Re: Starting SQL Loader from PL/SQL

From: Ban Spam <ban-spam_at_operamail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:47:51 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns911CB50B4C295SunnySD@24.0.3.73>

"Noel" <tbal_at_go2.pl> wrote in news:3ba21ea3_at_news.vogel.pl:

>
> U¿ytkownik "Allan Martin" <allan.martin_at_saic.com> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
> news:3ba06978$1_at_cpns1.saic.com...

>> Does anyone know how to start SQL Loader from a PL/SQL script. I know
>> the syntax for running it in DOS, but I'd like to start it from a
>> pl/sql script. Is there anyway of starting a program from pl/sql as it
>> would be the same as that. Maybe a call to a Java class or something
>> would be the only way to do

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> HOST('sqlldr80.exe '); should work.
>

Since when is "HOST" a valid PL/SQL command? PL/SQL != SQL (or SQL*Plus) Received on Fri Sep 14 2001 - 19:47:51 CDT