See ch. 10 of the PL/SQL programmers guide -- external procedures. Summary: someone needs to write a DLL that executes the external program, then Oracle can call the function from the DLL from a PL/SQL procedure. I've never had the nerve to put that in a procedure, however, but the context indexing is done that way so it must be possible :-). "Allen R. Lucas" wrote: > We have Oracle 8.0.5 in NT4.0. > > A developer asked if an Oracle trigger can be used to kick off an > executable. Looking in my books, I would have to assume 'no' as I find > noreference to this, but can anyone verify I am wrong, and where could I > get addiional information if I am wrong? > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Allen R. Lucas > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
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