Isn't this what a User Defined Function would be used for? Your trigger would call the UDF which would do a system().
Or is this not possible under Mac OS? -Lee Gleb Paharenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't know any SQL statements which could launch extern commands, > at least in MySQL. So in triggers it is impossible as well. >Ted Zeng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am using MySql on Mac OS X. >> I am wondering if I could execute a command (shell, perl) by a Trigger. >> I read the manual and it seems this is impossible. >> >> ted -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
