Thread: Scheduling/Automated Jobs in Postgre

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:09:53AM +0530, Aravindhan G.D wrote:

> I need to do some user defined jobs when ever the Postgre server
> gets restarted. These tasks should be automated one i.e) When ever
> I restart the server the PL/SQL functions I have defined should be
> executed automatically without my intervention. This is to record
> some information like Audit Trails and some more.

You could add an appropriate command to your PostgreSQL startup
script.

> Could any one tell me how can I implement this in Postgre. Is
> there any concept like "Scheduled Jobs" in Postgre. If so pls.
> provide me with related informations or the links from where I could
> get them.

PostgreSQL doesn't have a scheduler -- most operating systems have
one (e.g., cron on Unix-like systems), so that's what people use.

(BTW, it's "PostgreSQL" or "Postgres", not "Postgre".)

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adamodharan@ivesia.com ("Aravindhan G.D") wrote:
> I need to do some user defined jobs when ever the Postgre server
> gets restarted. These tasks should be automated one i.e) When ever I
> restart the server the PL/SQL functions I have defined should be
> executed automatically without my intervention. This is to record
> some information like Audit Trails and some more.

You could add this into whatever script starts up pg_ctl, but only if
you decide to use PostgreSQL rather than "Postgre".

> Could any one tell me how can I implement this in Postgre. Is there
> any concept like "Scheduled Jobs" in Postgre. If so pls. provide me
> with related informations or the links from where I could get them.

There surely is.  Use cron(8).  But that's only true with PostgreSQL,
not with "Postgre".

This mailing list addresses PostgreSQL, not Postgre.
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This is something that comes up every few months. Core is of the opinion
that you should just use the tools of your OS. Personally, I think some
kind of job system in the database would be very useful, so the last
time this came up I created http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgjob/. No
work is being done on it right now, but if this is something you have an
interest in you should sign up for the mailing list.

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:09:53AM +0530, Aravindhan G.D wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need to do some user defined jobs when ever the Postgre server gets restarted. These tasks should be automated one
i.e)When ever I restart the server the PL/SQL functions I have defined should be executed automatically without my
intervention.This is to record some information like Audit Trails and some more. 
>
> Could any one tell me how can I implement this in Postgre. Is there any concept like "Scheduled Jobs" in Postgre. If
sopls. provide me with related informations or the links from where I could get them. 
>
> With Regards,
> Aravindhan.

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You could add this into whatever script starts up pg_ctl, but only if
you decide to use PostgreSQL rather than "Postgre".

> Could any one tell me how can I implement this in Postgre. Is there
> any concept like "Scheduled Jobs" in Postgre. If so pls. provide me
> with related informations or the links from where I could get them.

There surely is.  Use cron(8).  But that's only true with PostgreSQL,
not with "Postgre".

This mailing list addresses PostgreSQL, not Postgre.
--
let name="cbbrowne" and tld="gmail.com" in String.concat "@" [name;tld];;
http://linuxdatabases.info/info/slony.html
Some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill.