Re: executable trigger

"Allen R. Lucas" wrote:
>
> We have Oracle 8.0.5 in NT4.0.
>
> A developer asked if an Oracle trigger can be used to kick off an
> executable. Looking in my books, I would have to assume 'no' as I find
> noreference to this, but can anyone verify I am wrong, and where could I
> get addiional information if I am wrong?
>

If you want to directly code :

   begin
     execute_code('myprog');
   end;
not directly. What you can do is to have the program in the starting blocks, waiting, and issue a DBMS_ALERT call in your trigger which will be interpreted as a gun firing by your program.

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