Re: [PERFORM] Executing a shell command from a PG function

2005-12-10 Thread Yves Vindevogel
Thanks Michael and Jaime. The pg/sh thing is probably what I was looking for. Tnx Michael Fuhr wrote: On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 04:55:56PM +0100, Yves Vindevogel wrote: Is it possible to run a shell script, passing values of fields to it, in a Postgres function ? Not directly from S

Re: [PERFORM] Executing a shell command from a PG function

2005-12-10 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 04:55:56PM +0100, Yves Vindevogel wrote: > Is it possible to run a shell script, passing values of fields to it, in > a Postgres function ? Not directly from SQL or PL/pgSQL functions, but you can execute shell commands with the untrusted versions of PL/Perl, PL/Tcl, PL/Py

Re: [PERFORM] Executing a shell command from a PG function

2005-12-10 Thread Jaime Casanova
On 12/10/05, Yves Vindevogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to run a shell script, passing values of fields to it, in > a Postgres function ? > > Yves Vindevogel > search for the pl/sh language -- regards, Jaime Casanova (DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)

[PERFORM] Executing a shell command from a PG function

2005-12-10 Thread Yves Vindevogel
Hi, Is it possible to run a shell script, passing values of fields to it, in a Postgres function ? Yves Vindevogel begin:vcard fn:Yves Vindevogel n:Vindevogel;Yves org:Implements adr:;;Kempische Steenweg 206;Hasselt;;3500;Belgium email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:+32 (11) 43 55 76 tel