Re: Knowing new item in table...

macky wrote:

> im still in the dark when it comes to postgres..... is there a way i can
> know if there was a new entry on a table...
>
> scenario...
>
>   i have a script that runs every 5 minutes... that script checks if there's
> a new entry in that table... and if YES there's a new entry ill do some
> processing...
>
> is there an internal utility that i can use in postgres that can tell me
> that this rows a new commers... hehehe....
>
> if someone has other ideas on how to deal with this speak out...
>
> thanks in advance......
>
> btw..
>    my idea is that that table will have an addtional column as reference
> lets say column "READ" 1 for yes 0 for NO

You could have a timestamp field with a default value of 'now' defined,
and have your script select all records from the table with a time after
5 minutes ago.

Bryan