Re: Time-based trigger/procedure

You can use pgagent or pgjobs.

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[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of A. Kretschmer
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:44 AM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Time-based trigger/procedure

In response to André Silva :
> I have a table that defines a programmed service that does something
> automatically every time interval (days, weeks, months) from a beginning
date
> to a ending date.
> How can I do this in postgresql? I have no access to the OS, so cron is
not an
> option.

To use the CRON or something similar is the way to do that. An other
dirty solution: use pg_sleep() to sleep, for instance, 1 minute, and
then detect the actual time and do the work.


>
> I'm sorry if my english is a bit confusing but it is not my main language.

The same for me...


Andreas
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