Re: Need A Suggestion

In the past, I've just written a C-based function that calls out to system.

2005/10/10, Lane Van Ingen <lvaningen(at)esncc(dot)com>:
> I am working on the development of a military application which uses
> PostgreSQL trigger functions. I cannot (unfortunately) tell you specify use,
> being as it is classified.
>
> What I need the ability to occasionally call (execute) a .exe program object
> outside of the database from within the function (either during or at the
> end of the function would be acceptable), giving an explicit path and
> command line parameters. It is understood that in doing such the call will
> need to be brief in order to avoid slowing up PostgreSQL in any way. Can
> anybody make a suggestion as to how to do that, or inform me if there is a
> way to do thisa lready?
>
> I have already consulted to other mailing lists for help, with no results. I
> am a Windows 2003 user, version 8.0.1
>
>
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Respectfully,

Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
http://www.enterprisedb.com/