Re: SLEEP in posgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jasbinder Singh Bali
Subject Re: SLEEP in posgresql
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Msg-id a47902760710092200x369a26ack847fd571753a6da8@mail.gmail.com
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In response to SLEEP in posgresql  ("Jasbinder Singh Bali" <jsbali@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: SLEEP in posgresql  (Robert Treat <robert@omniti.com>)
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I'm using Postgresql Version 8.1.4. on fedora core 6
I'm pretty sure that pg_sleep is not implemented in 8.1.
Am not sure what is the work around

Jas

On 10/10/07, Harpreet Dhaliwal <harpreet.dhaliwal01@gmail.com> wrote:
I think pg_sleep is not implemented in 8.1 and earlier versions. Is there any alternative if someone is using versions before 8.2 ?

On 10/9/07, Guy Rouillier < guyr-ml1@burntmail.com > wrote:
Jasbinder Singh Bali wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a while loop and I want to re-iterate after every 't' seconds.
> I was reading up on the postgresql documentation that says pg_sleep(t)
> should be handy.
> However i doesn't work.

Hmmm, I'm looking at section 9.9.5 Delaying Execution in the PostgreSQL
8.2.0 Documentation.  Following the example presented there, I fired up
psql and ran the following:

postgres=# select current_timestamp; select pg_sleep(3); select
current_timestamp;
             now
----------------------------
  2007-10-09 23:50:32.649-04
(1 row)

  pg_sleep
----------

(1 row)

             now
----------------------------
  2007-10-09 23:50:35.774-04
(1 row)

Seems to be working.  What version are you using and on what platform?

--
Guy Rouillier

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