Re: pgAgent Windows service startup time

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Dmitry Samokhin <sdld@mail.ru> wrote:
>> Nope, no changes.
>
> Really it seems there are :)) Exploring the embedded manifests in the both
> executables I found an additional dependency in the new one:
>
>    <dependentAssembly>
>      <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC80.CRT"
> version="8.0.50727.4053" processorArchitecture="x86"
> publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b"></assemblyIdentity>
>    </dependentAssembly>
>
> It relates to the Security update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack
> 1 Redistributable Package:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=973544

Oh, that's annoying. Well spotted.

> and can be downloaded from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=766a6af7-ec73-40ff-b072-9112bab119c2
>
> Please note this preparing the release.
>
> After installing this package we experience no problem, the service always
> starts in just one second.
> Generally, it's perfectly clear that we can get job execution delay up to
> the poll interval time. A proposed improvement for the pgAgent that might be
> taken into account in the future is to store last read schedules (relative
> to the server's real time) locally. And then to connect to the server when
> the time is about to come for the nearest next job to execute regardless of
> the poll interval set.

Not sure that's such a good idea. What happens if your next job is
scheduled for next month, and you add one for next week?

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Dave Page
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