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Old 09-14-2007
how can i call a shell script from pl/sql

I would like to call the shell script from pl/sql and i need to uses the value returned by the shell script in pl/sql procedure.

can any one suggest me how can i do that?
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Old 09-14-2007
You can do it with Oracle >= 10g.
Check dbms_scheduler's documentation (create_job, job_type=>'executable').
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Old 09-14-2007
how can i do this in oracle 9i

but iam doing this in oracle 9i, we can't use dbms_scheduler in 9i

how can i acheive this in oracle 9i
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Old 09-17-2007
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