RE: java package to run OS command

From: Goulet, Dick <DGoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:29:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D8CCD.20031204092925@fatcity.com>

John,

I agree and am encouraging the external C procedures since their simpler, and can create log files as well. BTW: Whoever authored the Java procedure on that web page should be shot. I can just see someone passing 'rm -fr $ORACLE_HOME' to it.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

yeah, I'm trying to get away from C external procedures ...but java is beginning to look just as much a hassle.

Why is running a OS command such hassle?

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Sent: 04 December 2003 15:40
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Here's another link to a good Java Stored Procedure for this: http://www.oracle-base.com/Articles/8i/ShellCommandsFromPLSQL.asp

But the same caveats apply. We're using an external procedure written in C for this instead of Java, and I use a shell that checks PRODUCT_PROFILE for authority to run the command, before it will call the extproc. I'm happy to share source code with anyone interested it doing it this way, but external procedures are a bit harder to set up than Java Stored Procedures and open you to a few security hazards.

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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

John, it is available on asktom as well, but read the caution Tom explains. Restrict it to only executables you want. Asktom has example.

Raj

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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Which book is that?

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Sent: 04 December 2003 14:35
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its in tom kytes first book. might be on his webpage.
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> From: John Dunn <john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu AM 08:49:25 EST
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: java package to run OS command
>
> I need a java package that will allow me to run OS commands(Unix) from a
> stored procedure.
>
> Anyone got one?
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