Re: calling a shell script from pl/pgsql

* Jeff Barrett <jbarrett(at)familynetwork(dot)com> [010910 14:48]:
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> I am running 7.1.2 and going to 7.1.3 soon.
>
> If I use pl/tclu or pl/perlu I can call this executable from within the
> code?
>
> I have a signifigant limitation, I cannot duplicate the action of the
> programs I want to call in a program I write within postgres, I need to call
> the executable (In this one case it is a shell script but I have others
> where it is a binary).
>
> I cannot find the pl/sh module. The google links that came up brought me to
> pages that no longer exist on postgresql.org. I will have to look around
> some more.
I've reported the missing pages to the postgresql.org webmaster.

>
> Thanks for the advice... great help!
>
> Jeff Barrett
>
> "Jeff Barrett" <jbarrett(at)familynetwork(dot)com> wrote in message
> news:9nip2p$1s5o$1(at)news(dot)tht(dot)net(dot)(dot)(dot)
> > How can I call a shell script from within a pl/pgsql function that is
> called
> > as from a trigger. I do not want to interact with the script I just want
> it
> > to run. I do want the trigger to wait for the script it called to complete
> > before returning a value.
> >
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff Barrett
> >
> >
>
>
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