That sounds good, and about what I expected. I am not a C programmer, but
have
access to others who are. Where would I need to put the C function in order
to
have PostgreSQL find it? Any special considerations other than putting it in
'the right library' ??
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonah H. Harris [mailto:jonah.harris@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:49 PM
To: Lane Van Ingen
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Need A Suggestion
In the past, I've just written a C-based function that calls out to system.
2005/10/10, Lane Van Ingen <lvaningen@esncc.com>:
> I am working on the development of a military application which uses
> PostgreSQL trigger functions. I cannot (unfortunately) tell you specify
use,
> being as it is classified.
>
> What I need the ability to occasionally call (execute) a .exe program
object
> outside of the database from within the function (either during or at the
> end of the function would be acceptable), giving an explicit path and
> command line parameters. It is understood that in doing such the call will
> need to be brief in order to avoid slowing up PostgreSQL in any way. Can
> anybody make a suggestion as to how to do that, or inform me if there is a
> way to do thisa lready?
>
> I have already consulted to other mailing lists for help, with no results.
I
> am a Windows 2003 user, version 8.0.1
>
>
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Respectfully,
Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
http://www.enterprisedb.com/