Re: pg_agent jobs

On 9/29/23 08:55, Giovanni Biscontini wrote:
> Hello all members, here's my question: db version 14.5
> we have to create a pg_agent job with 2 steps:
> 1_step execute query: if query result is true or find > 0 records then
> process next step, else it stops executing job
> 2_step execute batch command
> we tried to seta as 1_step the query:
> SELECT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE someconditions)
> but even if it returns false 2_step is always executed.
> Need some help, thanks in advance, Giovanni

The only thing I could see here:

https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/development/pgagent_jobs.html

that might work is:

"
Use the On error drop-down to specify the behavior of pgAgent if it
encounters an error while executing the step. Select from:

Fail - Stop the job if you encounter an error while processing this
step.

Success - Mark the step as completing successfully, and continue.

Ignore - Ignore the error, and continue.
"

So in the first step induce an error if the conditions are not met.

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