Re: System Calls in stored procedures SE 7.2

Kate Juliff <kcj@mechoshade.com> wrote: >I can created a stored procedure that makes a system call but cannot >give an argument to the system call. I have tried using the example in >the manual but it gives an error. > >Has any one been successful in doing something like this in a sp. > >system "echo" "blah" > >Kate Don't know much about stored procedures, but I'd be willing to bet you can use the same workaround used in 4gl with the run command. Create a character variable large enough to hold your command line and set it to your command: let cmdline = 'echo "blah"' system cmdline carlos carlos Currently on hiatus from unemployment. ---------------------- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com