On 19/07/2011 6:35 AM, Jon Smark wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt reply. Just to clarify: you are saying that the
> function that is called with a given periodicity must be so from
> *outside* PG, ie, from the client application, right? I mean, there is
> no way strictly internal to PG to have a function be called every
> given number of seconds? Cheers, Jon
That's right. PostgreSQL has no built in scheduler feature.
PgAgent is designed to cover that need, so you should probably start there.
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