Yep, "Jobs" in postgres are called 'cron' :)
On 4 Feb 2003 bford@markem.com wrote:
> I am an experienced user of MS SQLServer, I am considering moving some
> of my databases to PostgreSQL but I have no experience with it at all.
> I use a lot of 'Jobs' in MSSQL to collect data from other external
> systems ( such AS400's and DB2), and to copy data to other SQL Servers
> using MSSQL's DTSPackages and Replication
>
> Does PostgreSQL have a similar ability to set up scheduled jobs and
> notify the DBA of their success or failure etc....
>
> Is there any summarized info on this for PostgreSQL?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
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