| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: elegant and effective way for running jobs inside a database |
| Date: | 2012-03-09 18:40:36 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmobqrFp199fdQZ3SwDq9KmP3bCQ10iMS4bdygQVWibim_g@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:02 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>> 100% agree (having re-read the thread and Alvaro's idea having sunk
>> in). Being able to set up daemon processes side by side with the
>> postmaster would fit the bill nicely. It's pretty interesting to
>> think of all the places you could go with it.
>
> pgAgent could use it *right now*. I keep forgetting to restart it after restarting PostgreSQL and finding after a day or so that no jobs have run.
That can and should be fixed by teaching pgAgent that failing to
connect to the server, or getting disconnected, is not a fatal error,
but a reason to sleep and retry.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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