On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Matthew Wilson <matt(at)tplus1(dot)com> wrote:
> But is there some other way inside postgresql that will do something
> similar? I would want something like listen/notify, where postgres
> starts an external process when any data exist.
>
No, there is no facility to do this within the database. If you want
a job scheduler, perhaps you should investigate such software. Take a
look at Celery. It is pretty new, and I have not personally tried it.
It adds a layer on top of a messaging infrastructure (such as
rabbitmq) or a database.