Run Unix command / Run Unix shell script from Forms9i

Hi,
I have a requirement to run Unix command and Unix shell scripts from Forms9i.
I know HOST command cannot be used directly. I also know we can create some JAVA stored procedure to perform the task, but I don't want to create any JAVA stored procedure as there are some security concerns.
Please point me towards any other way to achieve the same.
I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Kumar

There is no reason why HOST can't be used. This is what it is for. As for using Java, it is not a stored procedure that you would be using, it would be imported Java (imported into the form).
The best way to use the HOST command is to call a script (.sh) rather than calling a Unix command directly. This is because HOST will not pick up environment variables set at the system level. So the script would first need to set the necessary environment variables then call the desired commands.

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You would not expect to see anything happening because the
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I have a shell script that inserts records in the table. When I run this shell script in Unix, it runs fine and inserts records in the table.
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I will really appreciate you response.
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IMO when you run the shell script from forms it runs in privileges of App server user and in that shell that why its running as oraias when you run it from forms .. I think the SSO is out of picture in this situation.So you need to find a way of connecting to the in the script.
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How about this:
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I am trying to execute unix shell script from a java program using Runtime.execute() method by passing script name and additional arguments.
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export -- application realated paths..
nohup abc.exe 1> test.log 2>&1;
$1
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and able generate the logs properly.
Pls let us know where exactly i am stuck..
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
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Hi Sabre,
As per the guidelines provided by the article, i had done below changes..
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InputStreamReader iStreamReader = null;
BufferedReader bReader = null;
String line = null;
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is = proc.getErrorStream();
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<ERROR>
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I'd like to run a shell script from the Scheduler in my 10g database.
Right now it is a simple shell script.
Eventually it will wrap RMAN commands to back up my DB.
I wrote a simple pl/sql script to create a job:
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I checked DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS and the job is in there.
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/h/oracle/admin/orcl/bdump/orcl_j000_22396.trc
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
ORACLE_HOME = /h/oracle/product/10r2
System name: SunOS
Node name: sol
Release: 5.10
Version: Generic_118855-14
Machine: i86pc
Instance name: orcl
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Unix process pid: 22396, image: oracle@sol (J000)
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*** CLIENT ID:() 2007-09-06 17:33:00.175
*** SESSION ID:(140.13520) 2007-09-06 17:33:00.175
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I googled on this:
ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: 274662
Google returned only 1 hit.
There, I see some evidence that I need to configure something inside
of Oracle to run shell scripts from the scheduler, but possibly just
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Hello people,
I should have added this bit of information:
"The script runs fine from oracle's crontab."
"The script runs fine from a shell owned by oracle."
I'm getting responses telling me to check my env variables and permissions
which would be helpful to a UNIX novice.
I have a feeling that no one is using the scheduler to run RMAN scripts.
Tim Hall suggested I take a close look at these files:
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/externaljob.ora
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/extJob
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bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 33 #
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bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 #
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 #
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 #
On my system, the user 'nobody' has no shell so I cannot use nobody.
I created a user named rman:
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 #
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 #
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 34 # su - rman
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
$
$ id
uid=220(rman) gid=220(rman)
$
$
$ date
Fri Sep 7 16:30:03 PDT 2007
$
$
Jared points out that rman needs access to extproc:
$ ls -la /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin/extproc
-rwsr-x--- 1 rman dba 34468 Sep 21 2006 /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin/extproc
$
$
Here is a demo of rman running his script:
bash sol root /h/oracle/product/10r2/bin 35 # su - rman
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
$
$
$ ls
scripts
$
$
$ scripts/tst.sh
$
$
$ cat scripts/tst.sh
#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/date > /tmp/tst.sh.out.txt 2>&1 &
exit 0
$
$
$ cat /tmp/tst.sh.out.txt
Fri Sep 7 16:31:23 PDT 2007
$
$ rm /tmp/tst.sh.out.txt
$
I am focused on this error:
ORA-27369: job of type EXECUTABLE failed with exit code: 274662
And I am focused on this exit code: 274662
What does 274662 mean?
If the Scheduler gives me an error like "274662" rather than some English,
it's obvious to me the Scheduler is a POS and I should not use it.
And of course,
If I cannot run RMAN from Oracle Scheduler, I'll use cron.
-Owen

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BMP wrote:
Hi :
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I need to call a shell script from a procdeure which i need to run in toad. Let me kno whow can i do that and connect to unix box with an example.

Thanks Avinash,
That on was very useful.
When I try to execute I got the following error.
Could you let me now What privileges are required?
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/ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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ORA-27486: insufficient privileges
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_ISCHED", line 99
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SCHEDULER", line 262
ORA-06512: at line 2
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I have one requirement, I have to trigger Unix Shell script from ABAP program. but only twist in the story is my SAP box is not in Unix system so I cant use external command execute function module. Is any one come accross to such scenario ? Please advice on this that How we can do this task.
I have one idea like
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How do I run a shell script from the GUI? I've been told to double click it but when I do, it opens as a text file.

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