On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Mark Jewiss wrote:
> I want to be able to create a trigger that when fired will execute an
> external script. I may require arguments to be passed to the script from
> the trigger.
>
> I can't find a definate yes/no as to whether this can actually be done or
> not in Postgresql 6.5.* - does anybody know?
The definite answer to this is no, not straightforwardly. You will have to
write a C wrapper function.
While this sure sounds like a neat feature to have, I think there are too
many potential headaches.
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