Armand.... On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Armand Pirvu (home) <armand.pirvu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know this may sound like heresy since it involves executing an OS command from a function , but here goes > After an insert in a table, I want to touch a file .... > I used plsh extension but I had to use two functions and a trigger, see code below .... > It works but can I be simpler ? Any other alternatives ? In Ingres for example I can use dbevent and an esqlc app which listens If you are superuser ( which I supose you must be to execute plsh ) you could try to put code like this in a plpgsql, or may be even sql, security definer ( or plain if not needed ) function: ( slighly sanitized ) In the psql prompt of a client machine: n=# copy (select 1 as c where false) to '/tmp/ptxtst'; COPY 0 In the server machine: postgres@server ~ $ stat /tmp/ptxtst File: '/tmp/ptxtst' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 4721101 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 70/postgres) Gid: ( 70/postgres) Access: 2016-09-30 17:31:21.024617892 +0200 Modify: 2016-09-30 17:31:21.024617892 +0200 Change: 2016-09-30 17:31:21.024617892 +0200 Birth: - Further details left for the reader. Francisco Olarte. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
