Re: running external programs

From: km <km(at)mrna(dot)tn(dot)nic(dot)in>
To: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: running external programs
Date: 2006-11-07 18:55:33
Message-ID: 20061107185533.GA2855@mrna.tn.nic.in
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> > 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 ?

KM

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