On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:05 PM, J.V. <jvsrvcs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible within a stored function to: > 1) Access the file system (to rename a file for example) > 2) Call a java program sounds like you should be using pl/sh (http://plsh.projects.postgresql.org/) or pl/java (http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pljava/). just remember, try not to get into situation where your function blocks indefinitely waiting for called program to exist. keep it short and sweet, or spawn the program off and collect the response in separate transaction. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general