X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AA739DCC19 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:00:17 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81624-02 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:00:16 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: delayed 00:06:40.855093 by SQLgrey- Received: from s2.yuriev.com (s2.yuriev.com [69.31.8.140]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 006279DCB59 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:00:14 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 12596 invoked by uid 500); 16 Mar 2006 18:39:57 -0000 Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:39:57 -0500 From: alex-lists-pgsql@yuriev.com To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: executing external command Message-ID: <20060316183957.GA11602@s2.yuriev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.67 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.120, NO_REAL_NAME=0.55] X-Spam-Score: 0.67 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/237 X-Sequence-Number: 24583 Is there a way to execute an external i.e. system command from inside a pl/pgsql function? Alex