| From: | Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Bima Djaloeis <bima(dot)djaloeis(dot)uni(at)googlemail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: ON INSERT => execute AWK/SH/EXE? |
| Date: | 2007-09-18 16:33:44 |
| Message-ID: | 3CB6C4A5-0FAB-4E32-9491-1CF7806A81C4@myemma.com |
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On Sep 17, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Bima Djaloeis wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks for reading, any help is appreciated.
You could use a trigger function in an untrusted procedural language
such as plperlu or plpythonu to do that.
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