Re: dbms_pipe/operating system

From: Scott Urman <surman_at_dlsun338.us.oracle.com>
Date: 1996/07/24
Message-ID: <4t5v18$oro_at_inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com>#1/1


In article <4t0nvs$h08_at_abel.cc.sunysb.edu>, rich_at_sbrich.ic.sunysb.edu (Rich Neill) writes:
|>
|> Is there a way for a program (Perl for example) using a
|> standard unix pipe call to communicate with the dbms_pipe()
|> facility without having to use ProC or OCI?

No, there isn't. DBMS_PIPE doesn't use Unix pipes in any way. It is implemented entirely using the database and structures in the SGA. The only way to interact with DBMS_PIPE is to send PL/SQL calls to the database, which requires Pro*C or OCI to call from Perl.

|>
|> Thanks,
|>
|> Rich Neill
|> rich_at_sbrich.ic.sunysb.edu



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Received on Wed Jul 24 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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