Re: Call a program

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Call a program
Date: 2007-05-29 04:53:22
Message-ID: 20070529045322.GA19441@a-kretschmer.de
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am Tue, dem 22.05.2007, um 16:19:55 -0400 mailte Pablo Hume folgendes:
> Hi, sorry for my english, i?m from Paraguay.
>
> I need to know if exists a way to call a program like CMD (command prompt) from
> a procedure or a trigger, and execute an external application.

Yes, this is possible. You need to write a procedure in an untrusted
language like pl/perlU oder pl/sh. (the latter works only in unix-like
environments, iirc)

Andreas
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