Re: Pet Peeves?

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Pet Peeves?
Date: 2009-02-04 05:09:22
Message-ID: 49892302.8020109@postnewspapers.com.au
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Guy Rouillier wrote:
> Craig Ringer wrote:
>> An internal job scheduler with the ability to fire jobs on certain
>> events as well as on a fixed schedule could be particularly handy in
>> conjunction with true stored procedures that could explicitly manage
>> transactions.
>
> Craig, what kind of "events" are you thinking about? Triggers are
> already pieces of code that run upon "certain events", namely insert,
> update or delete events. What others do you have in mind?

That's a good point, actually. I can't think of much you can't do with a
trigger (SECURITY DEFINER if necessary) on a table. Not thinking straight.

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Craig Ringer

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