Re: pg_cron for vacuum - dynamic table set

On 2/3/22 3:29 PM, saket bansal wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to schedule pg_cron to generate a set of commands and then
> run them. E.g |select 'vacuum freeze '||table_name from
> inventory_for_vacuum \gexec| . This works well at command line, but when
> scheduled in pg_cron, it fails with syntax error |ERROR: syntax error at
> or near "\"| .
> Since vacuum doesn't work inside a transaction block |ERROR: VACUUM cannot
> run inside a transaction block|, I cannot use a function directly to run
> over a loop.
> Any guidance to make it work or an alternative?

What about running the command from regular cron?

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