Re: pl/sh (was Re: calling a shell script from pl/pgsql)

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Stephan Szabo wrote:

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> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alex Pilosov wrote:
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> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Stephan Szabo wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Jeff Barrett wrote:
> > >
> > > > How can I call a shell script from within a pl/pgsql function that is called
> > > > as from a trigger. I do not want to interact with the script I just want it
> > > > to run. I do want the trigger to wait for the script it called to complete
> > > > before returning a value.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > I don't think you can do that from within pl/pgsql. You'd probably need a
> > > function in pl/tclu or c.
> > Or pl/perlu! (Sorry, had to say it).
>
> I thought perlu was added after 7.1? I considered mentioning it, but
> realized that it wouldn't help if it wasn't there yet.
Sorry, my fault, I thought pl/tclu is also a new language, but it
apparently is in 7.1...Yes, for existing postgres, its pltclu or C,
sorry :)

-alex