Hi Scott, I am using Oracle scheduler (job_type => 'EXECUTABLE'). It is working without any issue. - Mayen From: "Scott Canaan" <srcdco@xxxxxxx> To: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 10/07/2010 09:30 AM Subject: How To Run Unix Applications From The Database Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I need to be able to call a unix program or script from PL/SQL, particularly from a trigger. There must be a way to do this, but I can’t find anything in the Oracle documentation, other than running from SQL*Plus. I can’t use SQL*Plus, it has to be a stored procedure / function in the database. Is there a package that would work for this? This needs to work for both Oracle 10g and 11g. Thank you, Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx) (585) 475-7886 – work (585) 339-8659 - cell "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer.