I was able to call shared libraries from PL/SQL on UNIX platforms.
Haven't tested calling dlls in a Windows environment. Not sure if
this helps, but I think you need to start a callout listener which
is going to load the dll for you. This is different from the SQLNET
listener.
In article <6q7tj2$qk$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com> lbarbour.pico_at_wisne.com writes:
>In article <6q7446$9k2$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
> tallury1_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
>> I have been going through Oracle's documentation for registering an external
>> program as a separate service but i have met with no success. Can someone help
>> me on how to actually call a dll from a pl/sql stored procedure.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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>I don't know how to do it from a stored procedure but I do from Forms4.5 that
>comes with Designer2000 1.3.2. ORA_FFI is the Foreign Function Interface.
>You could check this out and see if it helps you. From a database procedure
>or function... I don't know.
>
>Lyall
>
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Received on Tue Aug 04 1998 - 20:24:21 CDT
