RE: Knowing new item in table...

what kind of processing are you doing in the script?
is there a reason why you are not using a trigger or rule on the table that
is executed straight away when a new row is added?
tamsin



> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of macky
> Sent: 03 August 2001 09:26
> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> Subject: [NOVICE] Knowing new item in table...
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> 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
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