Can you get DAL to execute shell scripts?

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From: Marc Kenig
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:59

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Is it possible to execute shell (unix or VMS) scripts via DAL?
In commercial systems, an SQL only API doesn't have all the expressive
power you need for client/server systems.  Many vendors who offer
SQL-only APIs don't seem to realize this.  For example, sometimes
you want the server to do something mindless like spawn/fork a long
DBMS operation, print a file, provoke a backup, read a server-based
config file, search for a file/database, etc, etc.  You could express
the shell output as a SQL descriptor (Sybase Open Client/Server's
shell RPC pops to mind) so long as the result of the shell command
procedure is well defined...

marc kenig
Ross Systems, Inc.

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Subject: Can you get DAL to execute shell scripts?
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:59:01 GMT
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