tuishimi [http://community.jboss.org/people/tuishimi] created the discussion "Running external app from JBOSS app?" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/584367#584367 -------------------------------------------------------------- I have a RAILS app running inside of JBOSS. Using RAILS and ActiveRecord to upload large files is slow and timeouts occur. I decided to [try and] use sqlldr to push these large files to the oracle database. What works fine: 1. I can generate my upload file in a public folder under the app. 2. I can generate a valid sqlldr command string. What doesn't work: 1. No files can be written BY sqlldr to the my web application folders. This must be a permission problem?  But I run JBOSS (local development) under my own account.  If I run the same generated command from IRB or even just from the Windows cmd prompt it works like a charm.  But it does not even generate a log file when run from the "system" command.  The error that the ruby system command gives is a cryptic integer value that can mean a variety of things.  The return value is a simple "false" indicating failure. So I guess my question is: Has anyone done something like this successfully?  And can it be done? Thank you for any help or pointers. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/584367#584367] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Development at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]