Re: Scheduling data input from tab delimited file via php

Dylan Fogarty-MacDonald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a client comprising of a group of car dealerships. Thier
> accounting software uploads via ftp a tab delimited file of their
> updated stock whenever the stock is updated.
>
> What I need to do is execute a php scipt that imports data from the
> file into the database at a regular interval, ie. every hour.
>
> Does postgres have an ability handle this in a different way, maybe by
> removing the need to use php at all?
>
> Can postgres be scheduled for actions like this? Or will I need to
> have the php file schedule the action itself?
>
> Basically, I need to know if postgres can be scheduled, and if it can
> open/execute files on a server.
>
> Thankyou,
> I hope this was written in an understandable way...
>
> -Dylan

Dylan,

We load files that are sent to us randomly.  We did it by creating a
shell script that among other things checks to see if a copy of itself
is already running and pipes data into the sql COPY command.  We also
created a cron entry that launches the shell script every minute.

HTH

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Kind Regards,
Keith