Calling Program from Plsql

Hi all,
How can i call another program from a plsql code.
For example opening a notepad in windows from plsql code.
Please give detailed explanation
Thanks
Akshat

If the purpose is scheduling external programs, the best way would be to use the Oracle Scheduler.
[url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/schedover.htm#i1106753]Chapter 28, [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/scheduse.htm#i1033533]Chapter 29 and [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/schedadmin.htm#i1007589]Chapter 30 in the Administrator's Guide.
Particularly [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25494/scheduse002.htm#CIAJCFHE]Techniques for external jobs.
Scheduler jobs is the best way, because security is built into the system - you can use proper O/S credentials, grant rights, etc.
Manually calling external jobs from PL/SQL is not as easy. It is possible using for example some Java stored procedure, but it is more difficult to ensure security - it can too easily open up for your database users to execute too many possible O/S commands ;-)
Edit:
PS: Tim Hall shows some examples of Scheduler usage [url http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/Scheduler10g.php]here - one of the examples is calling a shell script (unix lingo for batch job ;-) )
Edited by: Kim Berg Hansen on Nov 30, 2011 12:56 PM

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