Dave,
> In previous discussions on -hackers when ppl raised the idea of
> something like pgAgent being built into the backend, istm that the
> majority of people were against the idea.
Well, you're up against the minimalist approach to core PostgreSQL there. It
would pretty much *have* to be an optional add-in, even if it was stored in
pg_catalog. I can see a lot of uses for a back-end job scheduler myself, but
it would need to go through the gauntlet of design criticism first <wry
grin>.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco