Reminds me of an old Star Trek - Next Generation episode. They were stuck in a time loop reliving the same series of events over and over. They had to leave themselves a clue so they could figure it out next time around. Maybe your post is it ;o) On Friday 07 April 2006 02:12 pm, Scott Marlowe saith: > On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 12:38, Terry Lee Tucker wrote: > > On Friday 07 April 2006 01:32 pm, Yudie Pg saith: > > > Back to my original question where is it possible to run a command line > > > from a function? > > > > From an earlier post: > > "Note that plpgsql cannot run external programs on purpose. It's a > > security and safety issue." > > Which is why I had advised using another language. Help! We're all > trapped in a loop! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! >