Re: Can i write a time-trigger?

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Shruthi A <shruthi(dot)iisc(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Is it possible in postgres to write a trigger that is fired at a certain
> pre-defined time?   ie I want to write a trigger that checks if the current
> time is one of a certain list of dates, and if yes, it should be executed.
> (I want it to execute only once on a matching date.)
>
> I'm using EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus 8.3

AFAIK, no, you cannot. But you can use a cron job that executes that
trigger via psql, same way you would do in the command console.

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