On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, weberm_at_polaris.net wrote:
> Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote:
>: On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, weberm_at_polaris.net wrote:
>:> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>:>: A trigger. A trigger can call any package, procedure, or
>:>: function.
>:>
>:> Ah, but how would you trigger the trigger to parse and load
>:> the data file?
>:
>: Use an external table to "parse" the file and a select against
>: that external table to "load" the file and a trigger to kick
>: the whole thing off.
>
> I see, but that's a LOT more work just invoking
> load_table(file_name).
Not true.
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Galen Boyer
Received on Fri Nov 19 2004 - 15:39:14 CST
