Re: how to create dir using pg/plsql

["Medi Montaseri" <montaseri(at)gmail(dot)com>]

I was under the impression that recent modern databases, like PG, allow you to transfer  control to an out-of-system (system being the DB engine) module (shared lib, dll). That is while triggers transfer control within the system, now mechanisms exists that allow you to go outside of the system. In that context, whence the control is transferred to a C, Perl or whatever language, who is to stop that function from doing anything it wants.

I appreciate a clarification.

Medi

On 8/29/07, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

On 8/29/07, qinghuamail-postgresqlfans(at)yahoo(dot)com
<qinghuamail-postgresqlfans(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> just subject,
>
> i need to create dir using pg/plsql function,,but cannt get anything after
> google,

As noted, not possible.  BUT, you can do it in untrusted languages,
like pl/perlu or pl/tclu or pl/C

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