Re: ON INSERT => execute AWK/SH/EXE?

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: ON INSERT => execute AWK/SH/EXE?
Date: 2007-09-18 16:33:34
Message-ID: 20070918163334.GA18610@a-kretschmer.de
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am Mon, dem 17.09.2007, um 18:50:46 +0200 mailte Bima Djaloeis folgendes:
> Hi there,
>
> I am new to PostgreSQL, is it possible to create something so that
>
> 1) If I insert / update / delete an item from my DB...
> 2) ... an awk / shell / external program is executed in my UNIX System?
>
> If yes, how do I do this and if no, thanks for telling.

You can do this, you need a untrusted language like plperlU or plsh.
Then you can write a TRIGGER and call external programs.

Hope that helps, Andreas
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