That sounds good, and about what I expected. I am not a C programmer, but have access to others who are. Where would I need to put the C function in order to have PostgreSQL find it? Any special considerations other than putting it in 'the right library' ??
-----Original Message----- From: Jonah H. Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:49 PM To: Lane Van Ingen Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Need A Suggestion In the past, I've just written a C-based function that calls out to system. 2005/10/10, Lane Van Ingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am working on the development of a military application which uses > PostgreSQL trigger functions. I cannot (unfortunately) tell you specify use, > being as it is classified. > > What I need the ability to occasionally call (execute) a .exe program object > outside of the database from within the function (either during or at the > end of the function would be acceptable), giving an explicit path and > command line parameters. It is understood that in doing such the call will > need to be brief in order to avoid slowing up PostgreSQL in any way. Can > anybody make a suggestion as to how to do that, or inform me if there is a > way to do thisa lready? > > I have already consulted to other mailing lists for help, with no results. I > am a Windows 2003 user, version 8.0.1 > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Respectfully, Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect EnterpriseDB Corporation http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq