Re: pg_cron for vacuum - dynamic table set

On 2/3/22 1:29 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 "\"| .

\gexec is a psql metacommand and will only run in that client.

I'm guessing that is not the case in the pg_cron task?

> 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?
>
>

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