Another possibility is to use 'external procedure calls', which allow you to
call a shared lib or DLL from PL/SQL. See the Oracle documentation on how to
do this.
Mark
"Michael A. Chase" wrote:
> What kind of commands are you considering? It might be better to do them
> directly in Perl.
>
> You can do it in DBI if you can from PL/SQL. Note that it would run on the
> database server though, not your local host.
>
> You could also have a server process listen on a database pipe for commands
> and have it perform the desired operations. I wouldn't want to try sending
> too much data that way though.
> --
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 12:21 PM
> Subject: Can I execute an OS command through oracle using dbi?
>
> > Is it possible to execute an os command through oracle using dbi?
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