On Tuesday 07 November 2006 10:55, km wrote: > > > Is it possible in a PLSQL function to call an external program/script > > > residing at /usr/bin and return the result ? > > > > No, because plsql is a trusted language. > > You can't run external commands from such a language. > > Is that a deciding criteria for a language to be flagged trusted or not ?
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