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From: Sean Davis <sdavis2@mail.nih.gov>
To: Peter Roy <Peter.Roy@tideway.com>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: calling an external (windows) exe
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:36:18 -0500
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You can with several of the procedure languages, though I think you would have to use the "untrusted" versions.  I use pl/perl (untrusted) which has the system command.  You can read the docs on the different procedure languages at:

http://www.postgresql.org

Sean
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Roy 
  To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:41 AM
  Subject: [INTERFACES] calling an external (windows) exe


  Hi,

  Is it possible to call an executable from within a PostgreSQL function?

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