Re: The trigger can be specified to fire on time condition? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: The trigger can be specified to fire on time condition?
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Msg-id 20060227171007.GD6490@surnet.cl
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In response to The trigger can be specified to fire on time condition?  (Jamal Ghaffour <Jamal.Ghaffour@elios-informatique.fr>)
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Jamal Ghaffour wrote:
> Hi All,
> I ' m using the postgresql datbase to stores cookies. Theses cookies
> become invalid after  30 mn and have to be deleted. i have defined a
> procedure that will
> delete all invalid cookies, but i don't know how to call it in loop way
> (for example each hour).
> I think that it  possible  because this behaivor is the same of the
> autovaccum procedure that handle the vaccum process every time (60s in
> default way).
> After reading the documentation, it seems  that triggers can't handle
> this stuff .
> how can i resolve the problem ?

Use your system's crontab!  (On Windows, "scheduled tasks" or whatever).

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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