X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D3BD5283B for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:20:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 75389-02 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 18:20:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ualr.edu (mcfeely.ualr.edu [144.167.10.21]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FBC052837 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:20:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mfilter1.ualr.edu (midsouth.ualr.edu [144.167.10.248]) by mail.ualr.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.09 (built Dec 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IGN00LZRC9LYUR0@mail.ualr.edu> for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:20:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [144.167.1.30] (helo=[144.167.1.30]) by mfilter1.ualr.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DY6fD-0002ku-2F for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:19:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:20:09 -0500 From: Jay Parker Subject: Re: triggering an external action In-reply-to: <428A32FF.7030109@PresiNET.com> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Message-id: <428A35D9.2010003@ualr.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-No-Spam-Signature: fc43e723684f45ea09ffcc1265c21e30 References: <428A316E.7090401@ualr.edu> <428A32FF.7030109@PresiNET.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200505/137 X-Sequence-Number: 21450 On 05/17/2005 01:07 PM, Bricklen Anderson wrote: > How about LISTEN and NOTIFY, would they work for this? Yes, that is precisely what I need... and what I have somehow overlooked during at least a dozen passes through the docs. Sigh. Thanks for your help, -jbp -- Jay Parker - UALR Computing Services - Networks Project Manager jbparker@ualr.edu - http://www.ualr.edu/jbparker - 501-569-3345 But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Frost