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From: willjamu@mindspring.com (James Williams)
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Subject: Re: DB OS Access Needed
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You could use the Oracle 8i extproc process. You are allowed through
PL/SQL to call external routines. 

That way you can have PL/SQL call a Java SPROC or a C program.