> On May 7, 2017, at 9:16 AM, Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> there's also pg_agent which is a cron-like extension, usually bundled with pg_admin but also available standalone
>
> https://www.pgadmin.org/docs4/dev/pgagent.html
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> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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> In addition to that, there is also jpgAgent: https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/jpgAgent
>
> It uses the same schema as pgagent in the database, and just replaces the actual agent portion of it with a
compatiblere-write. Has been way more stable for us since we switched to it, as well as providing features we needed
likeemail notifications and parallel running of steps.
>
> Disclosure: I wrote it for my company... started on it well before all the alternatives like pg_cron, pg_bucket, etc
cameout.
There's also pglater, which is a minimal external process that'll let you implement any sort of cron-ish functionality
entirelyinside the database without needing to be woken up every minute by an external cron.
https://github.com/wttw/pgsidekick
More proof-of-concept than anything remotely production-ready.
Cheers,
Steve
