Re: notification: pg_notify ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: notification: pg_notify ?
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOKENHCBAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: notification: pg_notify ?  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
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> On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 23:41, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > >  Exactly what semantics do you have in mind?
> > >
> > > The current syntax I'm using is:
> > >
> > >     NOTIFY condition_name [ [WITH MESSAGE] 'my message' ];
> > >
> > > But I'm open to suggestions for improvement.
> >
> > Have you considered visiting the oracle site and finding their
> documentation
> > for their NOTIFY statement and making sure you're using
> compatible syntax?
>
> Oracle's implementation uses a completely different syntax to begin
> with: it's called DBMS_ALERT.

OK - not Oracle then.  Didn't you say some other db did it - what about
their syntax?

Chris



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