On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 20:56:44 +0200,
  Gevik babakhani <gevik(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
> Dear people,
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know how to execute an OS command from pgsql. I would like to
> create a trigger that op on firing would run/execute an external program.
> 
> Does such functionality exist or do I have to write my own trigger function
> in C.

You would have to write your own trigger, though you could use other languages
than C (e.g. untrusted perl).

Another option is to communicate with an external program using notify.

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