Re: Execute Shell script after insert

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 03:09:31PM -0300, Anderson dos Santos Donda wrote:
> Is there a way to execute a simple shell script in server after execute
> INSERT INTO ?
>
> Example?
>
> INSERT INTO clients (name) VALUES ('Donda');
>
> after it, execute shell : mkdir $1

This will scale better if you batch it, as in:

INSERT INTO clients (name, status)
VALUES
    ('Donda', 'inserted_no_directory'),
    ('Eonda', 'inserted_no_directory'),
    ('Fonda', 'inserted_no_directory'),
    ...

Once you're done loading, sweep through the ones so marked.

Cheers,
David.
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