Re: Run external program on a trigger?

Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Is it possible to run an arbitrary external program on my Linux
> machine if a trigger fires?

Sure, just have the trigger procedure call the external program.  The
untrusted languages can do that, or if you want to go barebones, try
PL/sh (http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/pgplsh/)/

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Peter Eisentraut
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