Re: Time-based trigger/procedure - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Time-based trigger/procedure
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Msg-id 20090409051339.GA23290@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Time-based trigger/procedure  (André Silva <andre.beat@gmail.com>)
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Re: Time-based trigger/procedure
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In response to André Silva :
> I have a table that defines a programmed service that does something
> automatically every time interval (days, weeks, months) from a beginning date
> to a ending date.
> How can I do this in postgresql? I have no access to the OS, so cron is not an
> option.

To use the CRON or something similar is the way to do that. An other
dirty solution: use pg_sleep() to sleep, for instance, 1 minute, and
then detect the actual time and do the work.


>
> I'm sorry if my english is a bit confusing but it is not my main language.

The same for me...


Andreas
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