Re: Calling perl from a stored procedure

In article <310FDDE1.52F4@crl.com>, jointprd@crl.com says... > >bjv@tivoli.com wrote: >> >> I'm doing something similar in MS SQLServer using sp_exec and xp_cmdshell. >> It also has a way to bind in a dll to extend the stored procedure builtins. >> >> Does Sybase, Oracle, and Informix provide such features? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian Vetter >> bjv@tivoli.com > >Sybase provides Open Server. It allows you to make UNIX calls, but you >must code for it (i.e. it's not a simple SQL extention, you must write >some 3GL). > >JB There is a product known as PLEX which utilizes Oracle pipes to access the operating system. Stored procedures are created which are exectued by a "plex" executable allowing access to programs on the operating system. As an example, I use PLEX to execute C++ executables on an HP877. -- ============================================================================= =:Pinnacle Online email: sinues@pinn.net := =:|\\ URL: http://www.pinn.net/~sinues/jcs_1.html := =:|o\\. | | | ______ := =:|_/||\\ ||\\ | |\\.| __ | := =:| || \\|| \\| o | \\| \\_ .| require "disclaimer.h"; :=