eg. new row inserted into DB fires off a command line batch
file ?

Andy,

I would call the system procedure xp_cmdshell from the trigger.

Frank

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:56:47 +0100, <andy> wrote:

In article <op.t1znlhh4j0bybf@computer>, fpl...
@d_e.i_m_s_h_e_a_l_t_h.c_o_m says...
Yes, that works fine; I do it in a very busy production app.

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