| From: | "Sean Davis" <sdavis2(at)mail(dot)nih(dot)gov> |
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| To: | "Ertel, Steve" <Steve(dot)Ertel(at)infimatic(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: postgres launch os applications |
| Date: | 2008-10-07 17:34:21 |
| Message-ID: | 264855a00810071034r4242332dk3e27693434250ac1@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Ertel, Steve <Steve(dot)Ertel(at)infimatic(dot)com> wrote:
> I am trying to start an OS executable every time that a table is updated. I
> know that I should create a trigger on the table, but how do I launch the OS
> executable. I have a background in sql server. In it we would use
> something like xsp_execute(). I am looking for the equivalent function call
> in Postgres.
You cannot do this with any "trusted" language (which includes
pg/plsql). However, you can use any of the untrusted languages like
pl/python, pl/perl, pl/java, pl/tcl, etc. Of course, each of those
languages has its own specifics dealing with starting executables.
Sean
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