Re: Regular function

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regular function
Date: 2013-03-30 01:50:27
Message-ID: CAB7nPqR2jm9FrebF6f92pS_AZe-_1QoLnF4+aArJXiiGkUXaJA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:13 AM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:

> On 3/29/2013 10:54 AM, Yuriy Rusinov wrote:
>
>> I have to write pl/pgsql function that has to be triggered not
>> before/after insert, but in definite time. Does postgresql allows to do
>> this ?
>>
>
>
> there is no 'cron' built into postgresql. you could write your function,
> then have an external cron job invoke it, like: psql -c "select
> yourfunction()"
>
Note also that if you are planning some development with the coming release
9.3, you could also achieve that inside the server by using a custom
bgworker.
--
Michael

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