Re: HOWTO : plpgsql stored function spawn cron job that will run other stored functions

Well pgagent I think pretty much uses the tables it creates in the
PgAgent catalog of postgres.

From then it pretty much behaves like crontab. So to programmatically
control it, I would guess all you would need to do is manually stuff
records in the pga_job, pga_jobstep, pga_schedule tables and delete them
and so forth. I think that is all pgAdmin is really doing when you use
the job edit feature.

I don't think there is any specific documentation on it, but the tables
look pretty straight forward and there aren't that many of them.

The best way to see how to structure the jobs would be
1) Create a Job with PgAdmin III
2) Before you click okay - switch to the SQL tab and see what kind of
SQL it is generating to build the job.

Hope that helps,
Regina

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Bernabe [mailto:rbernabe(at)sandmansystems(dot)com]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:42 PM
To: Obe, Regina; pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] HOWTO : plpgsql stored function spawn cron job
that will run other stored functions

Again Thanks. Would you know of any documentation that details how to
programmatically control pgagent? Also something that details the tables
it
uses plus maybe scripting and interface? Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Obe, Regina" <robe(dot)dnd(at)cityofboston(dot)gov>
To: "Robert M. Bernabe" <rbernabe(at)sandmansystems(dot)com>;
<pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: [NOVICE] HOWTO : plpgsql stored function spawn cron job
that
will run other stored functions

Not quite clear what you are asking for.

Does PgAgent fit your needs http://www.pgadmin.org/docs/1.8/pgagent.html
?

If you needed jobs dynamically created for some reason I think all you
would need to do is stuff the appropriate records in the PgAgent related
tables. Although I'm not quite sure if you are looking for a simple
scheduling agent which is what PgAgent is or for something more advanced
or if you have already ruled it out for some other reason.

Hope that helps,
Regina

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