From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Vivek <vivek.sonny.abraham@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Yearly Archival System Using PostgreSQL
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:48:42 -0600
Message-ID: <20050715114842.GA29677@winnie.fuhr.org> (raw)
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:24:17AM -0700, Vivek wrote:
> I am developing a database system using PostgreSQL in which I should be
> able to delete redundant records once a year (Time specified by the
> user). THe redundant records should be inserted into the archive table
> which is part of the same database.
>
> Is this possible in pgsql? Can I program a function in SQL or a trigger
> to fire when the computer switches on say Jan 1 of every year?
This is asked and answered from time to time; search the archives
for past discussion. The usual answer is to use your operating
system's mechanism for scheduling period jobs, e.g., cron on Unix.
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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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