Re: trigger to run external script

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Chau, Artemis wrote:

> All,
> I want to have a trigger for a table that whenever a new record is created
> to run an external shell script on Unix.
> Any suggestion?
> 
> -- Artemis

Artemis - what is it you want the script to do?  I do this - but my
IF is perl.  When the user INSERTs INTO a table (without error)
my script generates email to any interested parties.  If the user
makes an error my script dumps detailed info (including username)
into a log file.

If you want to do something similar, it is relatively easy via
shell script or perl...presumably in any interface really. 
So the issue is only: do your users enter data from a psql sh prompt
or from an IF?  If they use psql then you could define a trigger that
makes an entry into a second table...

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