On Thursday 17 January 2008 09:16:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I am executing following command in Perl script > > > > $vw=system("mk_view $view_name ETC"); > > if ($vw) > > { print "view created successfully\n"; > > } > > > > When I run this command, I am getting message "view created > successfully". But in reality command is not executing at all > > > > Please help > > > > Regards > > Irfan.
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