| From: | Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE> |
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| To: | Mark Jewiss <Mark(dot)Jewiss(at)knowledge(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Executing external scripts |
| Date: | 1999-11-30 15:00:23 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.4.02A.9911301558270.12975-100000@Vessla.DoCS.UU.SE |
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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Mark Jewiss wrote:
> I want to be able to create a trigger that when fired will execute an
> external script. I may require arguments to be passed to the script from
> the trigger.
>
> I can't find a definate yes/no as to whether this can actually be done or
> not in Postgresql 6.5.* - does anybody know?
The definite answer to this is no, not straightforwardly. You will have to
write a C wrapper function.
While this sure sounds like a neat feature to have, I think there are too
many potential headaches.
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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders vaeg 10:115
peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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