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Hi all,<br />
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Is there a way to run an external executable, a CGI, a bash script &nbsp;for exanple inside plpgsql function/trigger ?<br />
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What I need is:<br />
- When a function is executed,<br />
inside function I want to execute an outside script with parameter[s]<br />
i.e. : &nbsp;/usr/bin/test &nbsp;alo hello<br />
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is it possible ? ( no return required in fact)<br />
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thanks.<br />

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Hi all,

Is there a way to run an external executable, a CGI, a bash script  for exanple inside plpgsql function/trigger ?

What I need is:
- When a function is executed,
inside function I want to execute an outside script with parameter[s]
i.e. :  /usr/bin/test  alo hello

is it possible ? ( no return required in fact)

thanks.


running external program inside plsql

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