Re: How to implement expiration in PostgreSQL?

Good suggestion, thanks.

I ended up running the cron jobs in my app, one for each newly joined member, to get the smallest granularity possible.

> On Apr 1, 2021, at 9:43 PM, Tim Clarke <tim(dot)clarke(at)minerva(dot)info> wrote:
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> On 01/04/2021 14:28, Glen Huang wrote:
>>> Possibly keep your count of members updated via a trigger?
>> But how to evoke the trigger when the count of members should be updated by a timeout, i.e., the person’s pay is due?
>
>
> I'd run a cron job that triggers a function call which would make the
> necessary expiry tests and set the status accordingly. Maybe run the
> cron once an hour or once a day depending on the granularity of your needs?
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