| From: | hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com> |
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| To: | Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: determine client os |
| Date: | 2011-06-13 12:35:17 |
| Message-ID: | 20110613123517.GA6185@depesz.com |
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:31:57PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> > Yep, or you can use a PL/Python, PL/Perl or PL/Java function that makes
> > the appropriate calls in that language. Any of these will probably
> > require the use of the "untrusted" (superuser-only) version.
>
> Nope, you can do this easily in trusted perl:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION findos()
> RETURNS TEXT
> LANGUAGE plperl
> AS $$
> return $^O;
> $$;
>
> SELECT findos();
>
> findos
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> linux
Please note that it will return os for *server*, and not *client*.
Best regards,
depesz
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