| From: | "Uwe C(dot) Schroeder" <uwe(at)oss4u(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, km(at)mrna(dot)tn(dot)nic(dot)in |
| Cc: | Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: running external programs |
| Date: | 2006-11-07 18:52:56 |
| Message-ID: | 200611071052.56195.uwe@oss4u.com |
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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 ?
besides other reasons, yes.
UC
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