Re: plsql as an officially supported language?

We have this in the TODO:

o Add plsh server-side shell language (Peter E)

This is Peter's language that allows shell calls. I think Peter wants
to add it for 7.3 and I think it is a good idea.

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Rod Taylor wrote:
> This is probably a language looking for a purpose before adding it to
> the core. Here's what I use it for; probably abusively too! Could use
> untrusted perl to spawn system calls, but shell scripts are much nicer
> for shell work not to mention transactional updates of structure and
> control scripts make for minimall impact upgrade periods.
>
> - On demand PDFs as generated by Docbook for offline reports initiated
> by the database. Ie. Inventory updates to management every N sales
> made or when stock is running low.
> - Updating static HTML pages with Docbook HTML output when the stored
> data changes.
> - System provisioning initiation. Rollbacks don't work, but it's not
> really important that things are undone immediatly, just that they're
> initiated immediatly. Using DB for this removes requirement of
> middleware.
>
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