Re: Problems with C Language Functions after upgrade to 7.3.2

Thank, for the fast response

>>In 7.1.3 triggers worked fine. With 7.3.2 triggers work in most cases
>>but in some cases execution fails at fork or exec.

>
> Fails how? What's the error code exactly?

fork: errno 2 /* No such file or directory */
exec: errno 11 /* Try again */

>
> The notion of running external programs from a trigger strikes me as a
> really bad idea in any case. (What happens if the transaction gets
> rolled back later? You won't be able to undo whatever the external
> program did.)

That's true, and we are aware of this problem. But it is still better to
have the database to do this than a web server.
Would you prefere to use a normal function?

Thanks in advance

Stefan

> But I don't know any reason why it would work less well
> now than in 7.1.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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