On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il> wrote:
> Asynchronous functions
>
> *Problem*
> Postgresql does not have support for asynchronous function calls.
Well, there is asynchronous support from the client of course. Thus
you can set up a asynchronous call back to the database with dblink.
There is some discussion about formalizing this feature -- you might
want to read up on autonomous transactions and how they might be used
to do what you are proposing.
merlin